Lesson 38
Brain-Drain and Migration
هجرة الأدمغة
Analyse the phenomenon of skilled emigration from Arab and Muslim countries. Advanced noun phrase structures and socio-economic Arabic vocabulary characterise this academic unit.
Migration and Development Vocabulary
ArabicTransliterationMeaning
هِجْرَة الْأَدِمَّةhijrat al-adimmabrain drain
تَنْمِيَةtanmiyadevelopment
كَفَاءَةkafāʾacompetence / qualified personnel
اِسْتِثْمَارistithmārinvestment
عَائِقʿāʾiqobstacle / barrier
تُعَانِي الدُّوَلُ النَّامِيَةُ مِنْ هِجْرَةِ الْكَفَاءَاتِ إِلَى الدُّوَلِ الْمُتَقَدِّمَةِ بَحْثاً عَنْ فُرَصٍ أَفْضَل
Tuʿānī d-duwal an-nāmiyatu min hijrati l-kafāʾāti ilā d-duwal al-mutaqaddimati baḥthan ʿan furaṣin afḍal
Developing countries suffer from the migration of qualified personnel to developed countries in search of better opportunities.
- تُعَانِي مِنْ: "Suffers from" Form III of عَنَى, governing مِنْ.
- الدُّوَل النَّامِيَة: "Developing countries" active participle (Form II نَمَا) in adjectival position.
- بَحْثاً عَنْ: "In search of" a ḥāl (circumstantial accusative) verbal noun.
- Islamic hijra: The Islamic concept of hijra is voluntary migration for the sake of the deen a noble precedent for principled migration throughout history.