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n. - A scholar who specializes in the languages and culture of the Semitic people who inhabit much of the Middle East and northern Africa.

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  • The Arabist is so excited about this blog:
  • Even though Copeland was generally regarded as a CIA "Arabist" who had opposed Israeli interests in the past, he was admired for his analytical skills, Ben-Menashe wrote.
  • "Arabist," that is, one of the State Department specialists whose sympathies lay with the Arab side of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
  • In her apparent overzealousness to suggest Jacobs is a racist, the Ivy League student points to his use of the word "Arabist" instead "Arab."
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