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Social Media & Palestine: Dotless Arabic outsmarts algorithms
Social media platforms deleted Palestinian content - now people use dotless Arabic to bypass that. Here is how to write Arabic without dots
A list of special Arabic letters and signs for Word and LibreOffice
Arabic keyboards lack many important special characters. Here is a list of the most important characters and signs which you can copy and paste.
27med, 9ala7, 5alid – How to read and write Arabic in arabizi
Many Arabs don't use the Arabic alphabet for Whatsapp. Instead, they prefer using their English keyboard. Some hate it, others love it. A quick overview.
The best modern Arabic novels which were translated into English. Part 1: Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine
In recent years many outstanding modern Arabic novels were translated into English. Part 1: authors from Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine.
How to adjust the size of the Arabic font on your mobile browser
Reading Arabic on a mobile phone can be difficult because the script is too small. The open-source browser Kiwi solves that.
How do you spell a hundred in Arabic?
The Arabic word hundred is written مِائَة – but pronounced like مِئَة (me'a). Why is that?
Interesting facts about the Qur’an – the longest word
The longest word (expression) in the Qur'an is "fa’asqaynākumūhu" فَأَسْقَيْنَاكُمُوهُ and means: so we gave it to you to drink.
Arabic letters without dots – Does it work?
Arabic used to be written without dots in ancient times. At least it did, a long time ago. Could you read such sentences?