BERLINCHES, CARMEN: El dialecto árabe de Damasco (Siria): estudio gramatical y textos. Zaragoza: Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza, 2016 (Estudios de Dialectología Árabe 11). 505 pp. ISBN: 978-84-16515-41-7

While most Spanish dialectologists tend to research North African dlalects of the Arabic language associated with clme geographical and historical contact, CARMEN BERLINCHESE (previously: CARMEN BERLINCl-IES RAMOS) book presents one of the most important Arabic dialects of the Middle East - Damascene Arabic. To my best knowledge, this is the first book in Spanish devoted to the dialect of the capital of Syria. Although Damascene Arabic is the most thorougtly researched dialect of Syria, most of the key publications were published in the 19603 and 7os.' That said, in recent years new scientific studies, mostly based on Held research conducted in the Syrian capital before the outbreak of the Civil War, have been released.