Arabic
The tongue of Babylon and Nasser: of the Koran and Marrakesh. Ray Gosling reports from Beaconsfield,
Buckinghamshire, where the British Army has a unit to train 'our boys' for the souks of Muscat in Oman.
Additional material provided by Damascus-born K. Shamaa , editor-in-chief of Ad Dhastoor magazine.
Producer JENNY LO