Middle East

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With eight key languages in this phrasebook to the region, let no barriers - language or culture - get in your way.

• Order the right meal with our menu decoder
• Never get stuck for words with our 3500-word two-way dictionary
• We make language easy with shortcuts, key phrases & common Q&As
• Feel at ease, with essential tips on culture & manners

Coverage includes: Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, Farsi, Gulf Arabic, Hebrew, Levantine Arabic, Tunisian Colloquial Arabic and Turkish.

Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Shalome Knoll, Mimoon Abu Ata, Yavar Dehghani, Siona Jenkins, Arzu Kurklu, and Kathryn Stapley.

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