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Errabic
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We collect and explore real-world Arabic mistakes, learning together, not to blame. Anyone can submit examples here.
Scan & Correct
A sign for a halal restaurant in Poland. Some of the Arabic text is a bit harder to digest.
License to Spell
In intelligence, precision is paramount - even in spelling. A misplaced ูู
ุฒุฉ can distort meaning and expose linguistic incompetence, as the CIA learned in an Arabic recruitment flyer.
Flying Fathas
You might assume that the Arabic on the signs on an Emirates plane is correct. At least the diacritics (ุชุดููู) aren't.
Cutting the Qiblah
The direction of prayer should not be interrupted - at least not in the written form of the Arabic word.
Hamza on Speed
Even on Saudi Arabia's modern high-speed train, spelling mistakes haunt you.
Holy Smokes!
If you get off the train at the main station in the holy city of al-Madinah in Saudi Arabia, you will be greeted with a serious grammatical error.
