Professor El Mustapha Lahlali is Professor of Applied Linguistics and Media at the University of Leeds. He is the author of several books, including: Arabic Media Coverage of Pandemics: Discourse, Strategy and Impact, Routledge, 2023; Arabic Political Discourse in Transition, Edinburgh University Press, 2022; How to Write in Arabic: Developing Your Academic Style, (2nd edition), Edinburgh University Press, 2021; Arabic Media Dictionary, Routledge, 2019; Essential Skills in Arabic: from the Intermediate to the Advanced Level, Edinburgh University Press (co-authored), 2020; Advanced Media Arabic, Edinburgh University Press, 2nd edition, 2017; Advanced English-Arabic Translation: A Practical Guide, Edinburgh University Press, 2014 (co-authored); Contemporary Arab Broadcast Media, Edinburgh University Press, 2011; Ibn al-Tayyib: the Forgotten Journey of an 18 Century Arab Traveller, I.B. Tauris, 2010 (co-authored); How to Write in Arabic, Edinburgh University Press, 2009 (1st edition); Advanced Media Arabic, Edinburgh University Press, 2008 (1st edition); Critical Discourse Analysis and Classroom Discursive Practices, Lincom Europa, 2007. Radia Kesseiri is a Lecturer in Arabic at the University of Leeds. She is author of Algeria: An International Account of Foreign Policy. 1965-1978 (Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011) and The Evolution of Algerian Political Thought: Origins, Colonial Rule and Post- Independence (Lambert Academic Publishing, 2013).
""Essential Skills in Arabic by Mustapha Lahlali and Radia Kesseiri is, without a doubt, one of the most valuable resources for learners who not only want to learn the basic skills of Arabic, but also want to attain a degree of competency in Arabic by acquiring the ability to deal with the complex syntactic features of the language.""-- Nesreen Alhmadi, Tibah University, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies