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Palestine (ููุณุทูู): Palestine is a region in Western Asia that includes the modern State of Palestine, comprising the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The region has been at the center of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which continues to impact its people and politics.
How do you say LGBTQ in Arabic?
Arabic dictionaries are often outdated. A database by the United Nations can help translate new political, economic or social terms. Here is how to use it.
Accessing the MADAR database for Arabic dialects
MADAR is a remarkable tool to analyze Arabic dialects. The database contains 2000 sample sentences, each translated into the dialect of 25 Arab cities. Here is how to use it.
Who invented the Arabic typewriter (keyboard)?
The Arabic keyboard we use today was invented in 1899 by two men who almost simultaneously worked on an Arabic typewriter: Selim Haddad and Philippe Waked.
Social Media & Palestine: Dotless Arabic outwits censorship
Social media platforms deleted Palestinian content - now people use dotless Arabic to bypass that. Here is how to write Arabic without dots
20 questions for: Yehia Moldan (#24)
Episode #24 of my series "9273 roots": 20 questions for the man who takes Arabic calligraphy to a new level: Yehia Moldan.
The best translated Arabic novels from Syria, Lebanon and Palestine
In recent years many outstanding modern Arabic novels were translated into English. Part 1: authors from Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine.
20 questions for: Daniel Falk (#19)
Episode #19 of my series "9273 roots": 20 questions for the the man who masters simultaneous Arabic - German interpreting: Dr. Daniel Falk
Semitic languages: Tracing the term and its history
The term Semitic Language was invented by a German scholar in 1781: August Ludwig von Schlรถzer.
20 questions: Antoine Robert El Dahdah (#1)
Episode #1 of the interview series 9273 Roots: 20 questions for the grammarian Antoine Robert el-Dahdah (ุงูุฏุญุฏุงุญ), who put Arabic grammar into charts and tables.
