Al Mu'jam Al Waseet is a contemporary rendering of the Arabic dictionary. 

It was meant for students of the Arabic language to have an easy access to the meaning of the most used Arabic words. Some words that are rare have an illustration added to it, so to maximize the understanding of those words.

The book is written by contemporary scholars of the Arabic language who belong to "al-Idarat al-'Aamah Lil Mu'jamat Wa Ihya lil Turath" (The Public Administration for the Dictionaries and resorting the heritage in Egypt) and also are well versed in this field.

This dictionary includes borrowed and Arabized words and follows the root system, but problematic derivatives are listed Alphabetically with cross-references to their roots.

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