Main group 1

• Caspari, Carl Paul; Wright, William, A grammar of the Arabic language, 3. ed /b rev. by W. Robertson Smith and M. J. de Geoje, Cambridge, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1896-1898Compulsory*
• Chrestomathy of Classical Arabic Prose Literature, 8., rev. ed. /b by Lutz Edzard and Amund Bjørsnøs, Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz, 2008Compulsory*
• Dahlgren, Sven-Olof, Arabisk högspråklig grammatik, 1. uppl., Göteborg, Anatole media, cop. 2005Compulsory*
• Isaksson, Bo, ”Hind behärskade högspråket-”: textkurs i klassisk arabiska med utgångspunkt i R.-E. Brünnows och A. Fischers ”Arabische Chrestomathie”, 3., omarb. uppl., Uppsala, Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi, 2007Compulsory*
• Ryding, Karin C., A reference grammar of modern standard Arabic, Cambridge, UK ;a New York, Cambridge University Press, 2005Compulsory*

Main group 2

• A dictionary of modern written Arabic (Arabic-English), 4th ed. considerably enl. and amended by the author, New York, Spoken Language Services, 1994
• Badawi, El-Said M.; Carter, Michael G.; Gully, Adrian, Modern written Arabic: a comprehensive grammar, London, Routledge, 2004
• Lane, Edward William, Madd al-qāmūs =b An Arabic-English lexicon, AES 2. repr., New Delhi, Asian Educational Services, 2003
• Wörterbuch der klassischen arabischen Sprache, Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz, 1970-

Main group 3

• Kurskompendium, UppsalaCompulsory*

• A dictionary of modern written Arabic (Arabic-English), 4th ed. considerably enl. and amended by the author, New York, Spoken Language Services, 1994
• Ryding, Karin C., A reference grammar of modern standard Arabic, Cambridge, UK ;a New York, Cambridge University Press, 2005
• Haywood, John Alfred; Nahmad, Hayim Musa, New Arabic grammar of the written language, 2. ed., London, Lund Humphries, 1993

Main group 4

• Ambros, Arne A., Damascus Arabic, Malibu, Calif.,c 1977, 1977Compulsory*
• Behnstedt, Peter; Fischer, Wolfdietrich; Jastrow, Otto, Handbuch der arabischen Dialekte, Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz, 1980Compulsory*
• Cowell, Mark W., A reference grammar of Syrian Arabic (based on the dialect of Damascus).c Mark W. Cowell, Washington, D.C., Georgetown Univ. Press, 2005Compulsory*
• Woidich, Manfred; Heinen-Nasr, Rabha, Kullu tamām!: an introduction to Egyptian colloquial Arabic, Cairo, American university in Cairo press, 2004Compulsory*

Main group 5

• Månsson, Anette, Uppsats- och PM-skrivande: Rutiner och tips för författare och opponenter, Uppsala, Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi, 2004Compulsory*
• Owen, Roger, State, power and politics in the making of the modern Middle East, 3. ed., London, Routledge, 2004Compulsory*

• Albrecht, H; Schulmberger, O, Waiting for Godot: Regime Change Without Democratization in the Middle East, Part of: Understanding the Dynamics of Electoral Reform: International Political Science Review 16, 1995, no. 25, p. 371–392Compulsory*
• Brumberg, Daniel, The trap of liberalized autocracy?, Part of: Journal of democracy.Compulsory*
• Diamond, L, Thinking about Hybrid Regimes, Part of: Journal of democracy.., no. 13 (2), 2002, p. 21–35Compulsory*
• Herb, M, No representation without Taxation?: Rents, Development, and Democracy, Part of: Comparative politics, vol. 37, no. 3 (Apr.), 2005, p. 297–316Compulsory*
• Hinnebusch, R, Toward a Historical Sociology of State Formation in the Middle East, Part of: Middle East critique, vol. 19, no. 3, 2010, p. 201–216Compulsory*
• Moghadam, Valentine M., Pensée 1: States, Gender, and Intersectionality, Part of: International journal of Middle East studies, vol. 40, no. 1 (Feb.), 2008, p. 16–18Compulsory*
• Ross, Michael L., Does Oil Hinder Democracy?, Part of: World politics: a quarterly journal of international relations, vol. 53, no. 3 (Apr.), 2001, p. 325–361Compulsory*
• Tetreault, Mary Ann, A State of Two Minds: State Cultures, Women, and Politics in Kuwait, Part of: International journal of Middle East studies, vol. 33, no. 2 (May), 2001, p. 203–220Compulsory*
• Tucker, J, We're Come a Long Way, Baby - But We've Got a Long Way to Go, Part of: International journal of Middle East studies, vol. Pensée 2, no. 40, 2008Compulsory*

• Charrad, Mounira, Inventing the nation, reshaping gender: integrating the Middle East into social theory (draft of work in progress), University of Texas at Austin, 2008Compulsory*
• Schulmberger, O, Transition in the Arab World: Guidelines for Comparison, Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi, 2002, http://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/1780/02_22.pdf?sequence=1Compulsory*

Main group 6

• Ashtiany, Julia, Media Arabic, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Univ. Press, cop. 1993Compulsory*

• A dictionary of modern written Arabic (Arabic-English), 4th ed. considerably enl. and amended by the author, New York, Spoken Language Services, 1994
• Badawi, El-Said M.; Carter, Michael G.; Gully, Adrian, Modern written Arabic: a comprehensive grammar, London, Routledge, 2004
• Elgibali, Alaa0 51379; Korica, Nevenka, Media Arabic: a coursebook for reading Arabic news = Lughat wasāʾil al-iʻlām al-ʻArabīyah, Cairo ;a New York, American University in Cairo Press, c2007
• Lahlali, El Mustapha., Advanced media Arabic, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, c2008

Main group 7

• A dictionary of modern written Arabic (Arabic-English), 4th ed. considerably enl. and amended by the author, New York, Spoken Language Services, 1994
• Badawi, El-Said M.; Carter, Michael G.; Gully, Adrian, Modern written Arabic: a comprehensive grammar, London, Routledge, 2004

* Compulsory