In mid-November 2025, a rumor spread on X that New York City's Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani would be introducing "Arabic numerals" to schools in the city. One post from the account of the prediction ...

In his recent Power On newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple is looking to offer a new capability with the Apple Pencil: support for a “virtual reed calligraphy pen” that would make ...

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind awards season’s most talked-about movies continues with Nosferatu, Focus Features‘ gothic horror from writer-director Robert ...

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts fueling the year’s most talked-about movies continues with Neon‘s Anora, a zany romantic comedy written and directed by Sean Baker. The ...

Arabic, spoken by over 450 million people and holding official status in nearly 25 countries, is a global language with immense cultural significance. Yet, only 3% of online content is available in ...

The Associated Press and German press agency dpa today announced they will launch an Arabic news wire comprising text stories from both news agencies. The news wire, called the Global Arabic News ...

BISHKEK -- The five countries of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) have overcome years of disagreements about letters and diacritical marks to agree on a common Latin alphabet for their ...

Queen Rania of Jordan and King Abdullah II commemorated their Silver Jubilee with an official new royal portrait featuring a significant tiara in the queen’s collection. The couple celebrated 25 years ...

Asgar Ali receives funding from the Ministry of Agriculture Malaysia . He is affiliated with the Centre of Excellence for Postharvest Biotechnology (CEPB), University of Nottingham Malaysia. Sap is ...

Encompassing dozens of countries inhabited by close to 500 million people, the Arab world is enormously diverse, and its music reflects that. Our list of the 50 best Arabic pop songs of the 21st ...

Some rumors are too hazy to be believed. For years, claims have connected the root of the word "alcohol" to an Arabic term that purportedly means "body-eating spirit." Many of these claims miss the ...