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 ...
Every month or so, computer scientist Ramsey Nasser gets a desperate email from the Arabic world, or sometimes China, or Russia, asking for his help. They want to know more about Qlb — pronounced ...
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 ...
By Ifath Arwah, University of SharjahReading an Arabic newspaper, a book, or academic prose fluently, whether digital or in print, remains challenging ...
‘The History of Letters and Movement’ runs at Al Rahmaniyah Mall until 20 July Add as a preferred source on Google The exhibition is held in collaboration with the Holy Quran Academy in Sharjah and ...