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All people curse. This is a valid assumption for any period and any location on Earth. Curses have been varying in meaning from maledictions and oaths to offensive language and insults. Curses have evolved together with languages throughout history, but they have essentially kept their status as simple wishes or solicitations towards a deity to do harm to someone, while giving benefits to the solicitor. With the passing of time, such curses generated profanity, foul or blasphemous language. Socio-linguistic studies on this topic are rather scarce and this new issue of  Romano-Arabica invites scholars who wish to discuss about curses and profanity in the languages and cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. If you wish to submit an abstract, keep in mind that it must be no longer than 200 words, it must contain at least five keywords, as well as some short bibliographical information. Please also send with the Abstract a brief presentation about yourself. Abstracts must be sent to the e-mail address of the Center for Arab Studies, University of Bucharest: csa.unibuc@gmail.com. The accepted papers will be published in the Romano-Arabica Journal, XIX/2019.Call_for_papers_Romano-Arabica_XIX._Curs 