“Every curve and shape is a choice, not decoration,” Shaqa Bovand on the art of Arabic type design

English typography, by contrast, was largely shaped by the printing press in the West, while Arabic letterforms evolved ...
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History of the Arabic language

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the World; and may His blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions. 1) The Arabic language is one of the Semitic languages.
Saudi Gazette on MSN

SDAIA study: Saudi Arabia tops countries developing Arabic language models in 2025

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia topped the list of countries developing Arabic language models during the year 2025, according to the ...
Wired

Why It's So Hard to Design Arabic Typefaces

Typeface design has a western-normativity problem: for years, most Arabic typefaces have been designed by Latin-language typographers. But Arabic is built differently than Latin—its letters can have ...
BBC

Reading Arabic 'hard for brain'

In Lebanon, an Arabic language festival encourages children to learn the Arabic alphabet Israeli scientists believe they have identified why Arabic is particularly hard to learn to read. The ...
Pew Research Center

5 facts about Arabic speakers in the U.S.

Arabic has become a much more widely spoken language in the United States in recent decades. The number of people ages 5 and older who speak Arabic at home in the U.S. rose from 215,000 in 1980 to 1.4 ...