Middle East (general)
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Indigenous signs for "Middle East"
Spoken languages
Sign languages
Population of Deaf/deaf people
Legal status of sign languages
Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf
Institutes, associations and universities for sign language studies
Education for the deaf
Deaf communities and cultures
Religious activities by the Deaf
Famous Deaf persons and hearing persons concerned with sign languages
Sign language dictionaries
Suwed, A. 1984. Quamus ishari carabi. [Arabic sign language dictionary].
Bibliography
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Al-Buraiky, Salah M. S. 2005. Arabic sign language recognition using an instrumented glove. Dissertation, King Fahd University, Saudi Arabia.
Abdel-Wahab, M. Saied, Moustafa Syam, Magdy Aboul-Ela and Ahmed Samir. 2004. Arabic Sign Language recognition using pulse-coupled neural networks and discrete Fourier transforms. In : Egyptian Computer Science Journal. 26 (1).
Kisch, Shifra. 2004. Negotiating (genetic) deafness in a Bedouin community. In: John Vickrey Van Cleve ed. Genetics, Disability & Deafness. Washington D.C.: Gallaudet University Press. 195-227.
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Gautie, Marcel. 1974. Training of Teachers of the Hearing Impaired in France and the Arab Countries. Paris [UNESCO]. 6.
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Researchers
History of sign language research
Events
Links
The Arab Sign Dictionary for Deaf Ver. 1.0 (Sense Internet Solutions )
Disability and Deafness in the Middle East
Notes
Middle East (general) | Middle East (general) |
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Anatolia | Turkey |
Arabian Peninsula | Bahrain | Kuwait | Oman | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | UAE | Yemen |
Iranian Plateau | Iran |
Levant | Israel | Jordan | Lebanon | Syria |
Areas and others | Palestine |