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Go topSOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: EMMA DAY The Jordanian royal revealed one of her family’s favourite meals as she met a number of Jordanian home cooks that sell their food online Queen Rania of Jordan met with the team of food app Bilforon this week. Instagram / Queen Rania After Friday prayers, there’s one particular dish … Continued
SOURCE: DISRUPT BY: TOM JACKSON Egypt-based Arabic learning platform Zedny has launched after raising pre-seed investment of US$1.2 million, making over 200 online courses and 400 animated video summaries of global business bestsellers available to users. Zedny, which rolls out with over 5,000 hours of learning available to users, is available across the Middle East. … Continued
SOURCE: BABY GAGA BY: KAREN SAMUELS You need to pick a baby name that will stand the test of time, a name that will be meaningful yet trendy. One of the hardest parenting decisions is giving your child the perfect name. What if you name your child, but they end up being bullied for it? What … Continued
SOURCE: NBC NEWS BY: RAF SANCHEZ AND CHIMA ELBIALY Even before the coronavirus hit the Arab world, rampant misinformation had begun to spread online. Faisal Al Mutar was awarded the President’s Volunteer Service Award in 2015 for his work with Ideas Beyond Borders.Courtesy of Faisal Al Mutar Faisal Al Mutar was at his home in … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: ANNA ZACHARIAS A NYUAD database of Arabic words has paved the way for predictive text, speech recognition and speech synthesis in Gulf Arabic Nizar Habash, the programme head of computer science at NYUAD, heads a lab that makes everyday Arabic understandable to machines. Pawan Singh / The National How do you … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: KELSEY WARNER A new Google grant and research at the University of Sharjah show the language is gaining traction Sheraa is Sharjah’s initiative to build a start-up ecosystem in the emirate. It has run extensive programming to educate its community about machine learning and is partnered with the University of Sharjah … Continued
SOURCE: BROADCAST PRO In addition to B.I.G, GH Entertainment’s other artists participated in the project and sang in six different languages. Korean musical group Boys in Groove (B.I.G) has released a coronavirus-inspired song in the Arabic language. The song, entitled Corona Song is a 35-second excerpt that aims to empower and encourage those struggling with the ongoing … Continued
SOURCE: NYU NYU’s open access collection can help ease the transition to remote learning for Arabic readers Fayḍ al-Bārī ʻalá Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī by Muḥammad Anwarshāh ibn Muʻaẓẓamshāh al-Kashmīrī (d. 1933) is a detailed commentary on the canonical Sunni collection. As remote learning and self-quarantine have become the order of the day, the number of monthly … Continued
SOURCE: STEP FEED BY: MARIAM NABBOUT It takes an average 1.69 years to learn Arabic, a language considered the second most difficult in the world. This means it’s always impressive when a non-Arab not only takes on the challenge of learning Arabic but also becomes a fluent speaker and uses it to bridge cultures. This is exactly … Continued
SOURCE: YALE NEWS BY: SUSAN GONZALEZ Yale sophomore Selma Abouneameh grew up in Connecticut speaking English at home, not her Palestinian father’s native language of Arabic. But this semester at Yale, she is progressing toward her goal of becoming a more fluent Arabic speaker, with this bonus: She’s learning a little Hebrew, too — in … Continued
By: Jackson Chasen-Buckley /Arab America Contributing Writer When it comes to classifying the similarities and differences between English and Arabic, the differences far outweigh the similarities. To be rightfully honest, this makes sense. These languages both originated in different parts of the world and, therefore, had few connections with their inception. This doesn’t mean that … Continued
SOURCE: KIRO7 BY: BOB D’ANGELO Barber licensing tests in Maine will be offered in 10 more languages — including Arabic — sometime this year, and perhaps as early as this summer. Currently, tests are only offered in English, Korean, Spanish and Vietnamese, the Portland Press Herald reported. Anne Head, commissioner of the Maine Department of Professional and … Continued
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