Re: Ibd AlMadzjid Bin Dzjalon?

Yusuf B Gursey wrote:
> frans wrote:
> > Hello to all!
> > A friend has bought a book while on a trip in Morroco, and she likes
it very
> > very much. Now she tries to find more books of this writer, novels or
> > poetry, in Arabic or in English, but she has not been able to find
> > any.....in the Netherlands (thats were she lives).
> > Perhaps someone here knows this writer?
> > From Arabic to Latin - how do I write it...?: Ibd AlMadzjid Bin
Dzjalon...?
>
>
> in classcial arabic it is 3bdu~l-maji:di~bnu jallu:n (I think the last
> /l/ is doubled)
>
> Abdalmajid bin Jalloun is acceptable. but arabic names don't have a

or ben instead of bin

> standard romanization.
>
>
> > This way of writing is probably totally inorrect... But perhaps
someone
> > recognizes the name and can tell me how to write it correctly so I can
> > search the internet for it...? Or perhaps you even can tell me if this
> > writer has written more - or is even translated in English?
> > Thanks!!
> > 
> > frans