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Arabic: The Timeless Echoes of the Desert Sands
Spanning across vast swathes of North Africa and the Middle East, Arabic is not merely a language; it is the soulful resonance of a civilization that has influenced world history for millennia. Rooted deeply in the Semitic language family, Arabic has etched its unique calligraphy across time, carrying tales of empires, scholars, poets, and the profound teachings of the Qur’an.
Arabic Foundations: Phonetics, Phonology, and More
Arabic possesses a melody that evokes the vastness of its deserts and the richness of its oases. Its phonetics can be as soft as the evening desert breeze or as powerful as the midday sun. The language’s distinct phonological patterns mirror the intricate geometrical designs adorning ancient mosques and palaces. Its grammar and syntax reflect the precision and depth of Arabic scholarship, an intellectual legacy unbroken for centuries.
Historical Evolution: A Journey Through Time
From the intricate verses of pre-Islamic poetry to the profound revelations of the Qur’an, and from the golden age of the Islamic caliphates to the modern-day Arab world, Arabic has been the constant thread. As empires rose and fell, as scholars debated, as poets dreamt – Arabic evolved, absorbed, and shone in its versatility.
Sociocultural Significance: Beyond Words
Arabic is not just a language; it’s the heartbeat of a culture, a bridge to a rich tapestry of history, art, and philosophy. Its literature, from the philosophical musings of Al-Farabi and Avicenna to the soulful verses of Al-Mutanabbi and Rumi, offers a window into the collective soul of the Arab world.
A Collaborative Dive: Your Contribution is Key
From the bustling streets of Cairo, the scholarly corners of Baghdad, to the modern skyscrapers of Dubai, Arabic continues to thrive and evolve. As traders barter in souks, scholars debate in universities, and writers craft new narratives, they all contribute to the ever-evolving story of Arabic.
Merging Ancient Elegance with Modern Dynamics
Arabic, much like the ancient pyramids, stands resilient against the test of time. In the digital age, it dances gracefully between tradition and innovation. Whether in classical literature or contemporary media, the wisdom of age-old Arabic proverbs and tales continues to guide and inspire.
To embrace Arabic is to embark on a journey through golden sands and starry nights, to hear tales whispered by ancient dunes, and to be part of a legacy as vast and enduring as the desert itself.
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To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level. These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.
This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.
Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML, adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.
If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email
Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements, alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website. In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups), and others. Additionally, the background process scans all the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon as they enter the website.
These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside it.
Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers).
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs. There may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to
