I often get asked which sites run Drupal in Arabic.

Here is a list that I started. Please add any Drupal Arabic sites that you know of in the comments.

It is always a challenge to make software and computing in general do Arabic (and other languages that are Right to Left and uses variable shape letters).

Regarding the internet, I wrote several articles about Arabic on the Internet with a lot of background information, technical challenges, state of the market, and more.

As far as Drupal is concerned, you can read my article on the various possible approaches for the Arabization of Drupal.

Microsoft, being the main producer of operating systems and applications for personal computers for about a half century, had a lot of impact on Arabic and Computing. This article details some of that impact, both from the technology point of view, as well as from the business angle.

This page provides a historical overview on how computers handled Arabic in the past, and how it is handled at present.

Until a few years ago, I held to the position that using graphics to display Arabic on the internet is the most portable way of presentation. I no longer hold this view, since the technology has evolved, and we do have solutions to this now. However, my old position below is kept for historical purposes.

A sizable population of web developers write their sites pretending that only one browser exists (Microsoft Internet Explorer) on one Operating System (Windows).

Can you understand this?

"9aba7 el kheir...Ya alf nhar abya'9"

Most of the time, translation can be a good thing since it exposes a whole new audience to material that they otherwise would nothave access to.

Sometimes translation can be a sure way of losing the true meaning of a certain text.

The following is a list of sites that would be interesting for those who want to read Arabic on the internet, or would want to research the technology behind it further.