I started my academic career in the field of translation after establishing a link with Arabic literature. But that changed when I identified the existence of a very little explored field of research ...

Q: Before I got to Iraq, I studied a little bit of Arabic. I know that the Iraqi dialect is different than other Arabic dialects, but I was told it’d be like an American and a Brit trying to ...

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. Many people in Arab countries have ...

The official language in 22 countries spanning the Middle East, North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, Arabic is one of the most spoken languages globally. Credit: Dr. Hala Georges, College of Fine ...

A generative AI programme that is being developed in a Saudi collaboration with IBM is due to work with several Arabic dialects, according to the companies. The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence ...

Google Bard, the tech giant’s generative AI platform, has launched in Arabic, along with more than 40 other languages. The Arabic language is renowned for its complexity, with numerous dialects that ...

Alexa can’t speak Arabic. Neither can Cortana. Siri can understand standardised Arabic - but not dialects. Google Translate is barely accurate. When it comes to understanding the world’s fifth most ...

The fallout from the unrest in the Middle East has made the choices for those hoping to study Arabic in the region narrower and more challenging. However, adventurous students are still drawn to the ...