Arabic language

Azmi Bishara speaks at a podium on stage in front of a blue backdrop
Qatar
MENA
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Landmark Doha Arabic Historical Dictionary inaugurated in Qatar

The dictionary, which is one of the most ambitious linguistic projects in Arabic history, represents over a decade of scholarly work.

The New Arab Staff
22 December, 2025
In addition to academic publications, displays at MESA's book exhibit showed ways to bridge the past with the present. [Brooke Anderson/TNA]
MESA
World
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Washington MESA literary exhibit brings old world into the new

Brooke Anderson
07 December, 2025
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Avichay Adraee
MENA
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'The face of bombing': Arab world reacts to Adraee resigning

The New Arab Staff
12 November, 2025
If AI Can't Speak Arabic or Farsi, It Can’t Imagine Our Future
Artificial Intelligence
Unfiltered

How safe is our future if AI won't flag hate in Arabic or Farsi?

Ameneh Dehshiri

Ameneh Dehshiri

06 May, 2025
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Berlin
Germany
MENA
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Berlin police crackdown on pro-Gaza protest over Arabic chants

Assiah Hamed
12 February, 2025
Pages of Arabic Book
Lebanon
MENA
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Trump's tariffs have an Arabic root. Here's how

The New Arab Staff
05 February, 2025
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Arabic language
Society
Live Story

Celebrating World Arabic Language Day with Spacetoon's creators

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Tharwa Boulifi

20 December, 2024
Today marks International Arabic Language Day [UNESCO]
Arabic language
MENA
Live Story

Celebrating International Arabic Language Day in the age of AI

Salma Ouaguira
19 December, 2024
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Malaysia
World
Live Story

Malaysia firm sorry over shoe logo resembling Arabic for God

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 April, 2024
No bodies to bury: Israel ‘evaporated’ thousands in Gaza through use of thermal weapons
Gaza War
Perspectives

'Don't call it Israel-Palestine': Why language matters

Florence Hazrat

Florence Hazrat

26 March, 2024
Kuwait
MENA
Live Story

Arabic-language computer pioneer Mohammed Al-Sharekh dies

The New Arab Staff
07 March, 2024
Opinion-Artificial Intelligence Arabic
Artificial Intelligence
Narrated

ChatGPT and the limits of Arabic-language AI

Dima Hamdan

Dima Hamdan

03 October, 2023
Merging craftsmanship with the soul of the Tunisian language
Tunisia
Art
Culture
Live Story

Merging craftsmanship with the soul of the Tunisian language

Khelil Bouarrouj

Khelil Bouarrouj

07 September, 2023
Syrian News york
Arab Americans
Society
Live Story

The first Arabic-speaking community in the United States

Linda K. Jacobs

Linda K. Jacobs

21 April, 2023
International Prize for Arabic Fiction
MENA
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Arab writers' shortlist out for prestigious literature award

The New Arab Staff
02 March, 2023
Black Foam
Israel
Book Club
Live Story

Black Foam elevates the complexities of migration and racism

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Adama Munu

15 February, 2023
Arabic language
Perspectives

The "death" of Arabic may come from where we least expect it

Layla AlAmmar

Layla AlAmmar

18 January, 2023
Turkey
Arabic language
Society
Live Story

Arabic revival in Turkey after decades-long disappearance

Adnan Abdul Razzaq

Adnan Abdul Razzaq

12 January, 2023
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North Africa
Perspectives

Mektoub: The role of predetermined destiny in North Africa

Sania

Sania Mahyou

16 December, 2022
French language colonialism
Algerian War
Perspectives

Algeria introduces English to counterbalance French

Ali Boukhlef

Ali Boukhlef

22 November, 2022
Turkey
MENA
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Turkish chain slammed for removing clothes featuring Arabic

The New Arab Staff
05 July, 2022