Dr. Ahmad Al-Jallad is a philologist, epigraphist, and historian of language. His work focuses on the languages and writing systems of pre-Islamic Arabia and the ancient Near East. He has authored books and articles on the early history of Arabic, language classification, North Arabian and Arabic epigraphy, and historical Semitic linguistics. Relevant links:  Twitter: https://twitter.com/Safaitic Personal website: https://leidenuniv.academia.edu/AhmadAlJallad Recently published book (The Damascus Psalm Fragment, available in pdf format): https://www.academia.edu/43189829/Al-Jallad._2020._The_Damascus_Psalm_Fragment_Middle_Arabic_and_the_Legacy_of_Old_%E1%B8%A4ig%C4%81z%C4%AB_w._a_contribution_by_R._Vollandt Support the channel:  Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/decafquest  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/decafquest  Twitter: https://twitter.com/Decafquest