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Netherlands Institute Morocco

Library

The NIMAR library receives visiting students and affiliated researchers who are looking for a quiet place to study and work. Besides this, the library provides them with support in finding relevant literature for their research.

The study and research area in the library offers 20 workspaces, WIFI and access to the online resources of Leiden University Libraries. Furthermore, visiting students and affiliated researchers will find a specialised physical collection on Morocco and the region that consists of thousands of monographs, edited volumes, reference works and magazines at their disposal.

Access to the physical collection of the NIMAR library catalogue is available via the Leiden University Libraries Catalogue. Select the NIMAR Library section to the right of the search pane by indicating Leiden Collections, and location NIMAR Library. 

NIMAR and Leiden University Libraries 

As a center of expertise on Morocco and the wider region, the NIMAR library is also actively involved in selecting and acquiring scientific and non-scientific literature published in North-West Africa for Leiden University Libraries. Ever since 2015, its aim has been to cover and document all disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities as they relate to North-West Africa, with a particular focus on Morocco. In the past ten years, more than ten thousand publications have been acquired in the region and made available for education and research at Leiden University. 

Practical Information

If you are a master’s student affiliated with a Dutch university, a researcher or a PhD researcher and are interested in using the facilities of our library, please feel free to contact us. 

Guides and Bibliographies on Morocco

These guides and bibliographies are meant for students and researchers who are interested in what has been written on Morocco. The aim is to showcase what has been published on Morocco in various disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities.

Dictionaries (Online and Print)
Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)
 
  • Arts, T. (Ed.) (2014). Oxford Arabic Dictionary. Oxford University Press.
Available via Oxford Dictionaries (Login required):
 premium-oxforddictionaries-com.ezproxy.leidenuniv
  • Hoogland, J. (Ed.) (2003). Woordenboek Arabisch-Nederlands. Bulaaq.
Hoogland, J. (Ed.) (2003). Woordenboek Nederlands-Arabisch. Bulaaq.
Available online via Vertaalwoordenschat
(Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal):
https://vertaalwoordenschat.ivdnt.org/vws/ 
  • Wehr, H. & Milton, C. J. (Ed.) (1961). A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Harrassowitz.
  • Ejtaal Arabic Almanac
Includes full page scans of over 20 of the most frequently used dictionaries, such as Hans Wehr’s Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic and classical Arabic dictionaries, such as Ibn Manzur’s Lisān al-‘Arab or Lane’s Arabic-English Lexicon.
https://ejtaal.net/
  • Aratools
Online electronic Arabic-English dictionary.
https://aratools.com/
 
Moroccan Arabic
 
  • Hoogland, J. & Otten, R. (Eds.) (2024).
Woordenboek Marokkaans Arabisch/Nederlands.
Amsterdam University Press.
Available online via Stichting Ensie Encyclopedie:
https://marokkaans-nederlands.ensie.nl/
  • Harrell, R.S. & Sobelman, H. (Eds.) (1966).
A Dictionary of Moroccan Arabic Moroccan-English.
Georgetown University Press.
Full scan of the renowned Moroccan Arabic-English/English
Moroccan Arabic dictionary,
published by Georgetown and made available by the Internet Archive:
MoroccanArabicMoroccanEnglishEnglishMoroccan
  • Sinaceur, Z. R. (Ed.) (1994). Le Dictionnaire COLIN
d’Arabe Dialectal Marocain. Éditions Al Manahil,
Ministère des Affaires Culturelles.
  • Abdennebi, E. H. & Bowman, S. (Eds.) (2011).
Moroccan Arabic Verb Dictionary: English-Moroccan Arabic.
Artisanal Treasures.

 

 

Encyclopedia
 
  • Edzard, L. & Jong, R..E, de (Eds.) (2011). Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics Online. BRILL.
Available at (Login required):
 referenceworks-brill-com.leidenuniv.idm
  • Bustani, B. al (1875). Kitāb Dāʼirat al-Maʻārif: wa-Huwa Qāmūs ʻĀmm li-Kull Fann wa-Maṭlab
Available at (Login required):
degruyterbrill-com.leidenuniv.idm.oclc.org/document
 
 
Reference Grammars and Textbooks
Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)
 
  • Ryding, K.C. (2005).
A Reference Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic.
Cambridge University Press.
Available via CambridgeCore;:
cambridge-org.ezproxy.leidenuniv.nl/core/
  • Hassanein, A. (2006).
Modern Standard Arabic Grammar: A Concise Guide.
American University in Cairo Press.
Moroccan Arabic
 
  • Hoogland, J. (2018). The Routledge Introductory Course in Moroccan Arabic.
Routledge
Available via EBSCOhost
 https://research-ebsco-com.leidenuniv.idm.oclc.org
  • Hoogland, J. (2008).
Marokkaans Arabisch: een cursus voor zelfstudie en klassikaal gebruik.
Bulaaq.
  • Harrell, R.S., Abu-Talib, M. & Caroll, W. S. (1965).
A Basic Course in Moroccan Arabic. Georgetown University Press.
  • Ennaji, M. (2004). A Grammar of Moroccan Arabic.
Publications of the Faculty of Letters Dhar El Mehraz.
www.y.ennaji.free.fr/mohaennaji/livres/
A%20grammar%20of%20moroccan%20Arabic%20_002.pdf
  • Abdel-Massih, E.T. (2011). An Introduction to Moroccan Arabic. University of Michigan Library.
  • Harrell, R.S. (2004). A Short Reference Grammar of Moroccan Arabic. Georgetown University Press.

 

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