New AI model enables native speakers and foreign learners to read undiacritized Arabic texts with greater fluency

Scientists report that they have developed a new machine-learning system designed to overcome challenges encountered in ...
The Verge

Hello world: meet قلب, a programming language based on Arabic script

In the Arab world, aspiring programmers are faced with a unique kind of challenge: nearly every computer language, platform, and standard in history has been built around a Latin character set — a set ...
Zawya

Arabic script comes of age with modern fonts

BEIRUT: Some people take years learning the intricacies of the Arabic script, at times so ornate it can be difficult to decipher. Others are dedicated to designing a simple Arabic font that can be ...
Marquette Wire

The Arabic Language and Culture Club hosts a cultural celebration with “Passport to the Arab World”

The Arabic Language and Culture Club had a roaring return to campus on Feb. 13 with “Passport to the Arab World,” after tabling at Winter O-Fest earlier last week. The club took a short hiatus in 2025 ...
Zawya

Local site uses unique tool to bring Arabic script into internet era

BEIRUT: During the past few years email, chat rooms, and text messaging have forced Arabic speakers to rely on transliterations due to these technologies' use of Roman script. As Arabic keyboards ...
Hyperallergic

A Designer Fuses Arabic and Hebrew to Create a New Script

JERUSALEM — On June 11, Israeli typeface designer and professor Liron Lavi Turkenich found herself teaching a new student: her country’s president, Reuven Rivlin. Turkenich, a 32-year-old professor of ...