Arabist

Mr. DeSantis has complained that the State Department is “Arabist in outlook” and “all in” with the Muslim Brotherhood.

Not least, the great British Arabist Robert Irwin provides a detailed essay analyzing the character and origin of the tales that came to us through Diyab.

It has also served as a springboard to the Arab world for numerous Western scholars and aspiring Arabists.

Later writers, notably Flaubert, kept the work of 17th century Arabists alive deep into the 1800s.

Or, Robert Ames, a leading Arabist who cultivated as a source a top Palestinian intelligence officer.