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"Arabic is a far-ranging language, spoken across Northern Africa and the Middle East, from Morocco to Iraq, by 221 million people. While each country has its own dialects, most phrasebooks use Egyptian Arabic. They may be similar, but this is not the Arabic spoken on Iraqi streets. This phrasebook is the essential resource for people traveling to Iraq, giving them access to the real Arabic that Iraqis speak. And with content specifically chosen for its relevance to Iraqi reconstruction, this book will be infinitely more useful than a traditional phrasebook aimed at pleasure travelers. Sections on security, military, construction, and public services will contain the essential phrases that workers in Iraq need, in the language that all Iraqis understand. In order to have the most appropriate and important material included, the book's content will be vetted by Arabic specialists at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA, where ""the study of Arabic is increasingly tremendously,"" according to Jim Davis, chief of public affairs at the DLI. ""Enrollments have doubled and Arabic is becoming our largest language program."""

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