Arabic is one of the world’s most widely spoken languages with at least 400 million speakers, including 200 million native speakers and 200 million to 250 million non-native speakers. Modern Standard ...

Posts circulating on social media claim Mamdani is expected to introduce new rules when he becomes New York Mayor in 2026 that will require all public elementary schools in the state to learn Arabic ...

In mid-November 2025, a rumor spread on X that New York City's Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani would be introducing "Arabic numerals" to schools in the city. One post from the account of the prediction ...

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC made changes to content and editorial oversight at its BBC Arabic network as internal debate raged about anti-Israel bias. Deadline understands that BBC News chiefs overhauled BBC ...

Voice-generation technology enables machines to synthesize human-like speech—text-to-speech (TTS)—revolutionizing digital communication by fostering more inclusive and accessible experiences. What ...

The Dearborn Heights Police Department in Michigan has sparked fury online after it unveiled a new, optional police patch, which features both English and Arabic. This badge was a suggestion, and ...

The Dearborn Heights Police Department in Michigan announced an "optional patch" that included text in both Arabic and English. But then the department's Facebook page, in a follow-up post apparently ...

A language student’s guide to the French capital highlights the culinary, literary and musical influences that quietly shape everyday life. Inside the Andalusian garden at the Grand Mosque of ...

Arab governments that for decades have been fierce advocates for the Palestinian cause are now facing criticism for their timid response to the extreme suffering in Gaza caused by Israel's war, ...

There’s an issue when copying or searching Arabic text in PDFs using pdfrx, especially when the text contains diacritics (tashkil). Arabic text without diacritics works fine. Tested with pdfrx: ^2.1.1 ...