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Damma or Kasra – How a wrong vowel may produce blasphemy

July 13, 2019
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The correct vowel endings damma, kasra, fatha in Arabic can be a headache. If you are careless, you could turn verse 9:3 of the Qur’an into blasphemy (kufr).

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What is the best Arabic keyboard?

July 10, 2019
4 minute read

There are many options for Arabic keyboards: hardware (qwerty and qwertz), mobile apps or virtual keyboards online. Here is a list of the best Arabic keyboards.

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20 questions for: Yassir Abbasi (#14)

July 6, 2019
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Episode #14 of my series “9273 roots”: 20 questions for the man who makes Arabic texts talking: Yassir Abbasi.

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The Arabic masdar: Do سُؤال and مَسْألة both mean the same?

June 30, 2019
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The original masdar (الْمَصْدَر الأَصْلِيّ) – masdar asliy – is not the only masdar in Arabic. There is also a masdar mimy (الْمَصْدَر الْمِيمِيّ). What is the difference?

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Does Google Assistant speak Arabic? Yes.

June 22, 2019
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Google Home now also enters the abyss of learning Arabic. And that tiny device with the blinking lights is actually doing quite well. Let’s see how it works (and sounds).