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Arabic Domain Names

As most will no doubt already know, the internet is changing, the groundwork has been in place to allow web, in not only English, as has been the case for quite some time, but to allow the usage of internet addresses, in most of the major languages, including Arabic.
Here is an ICANN video, from a couple of years ago, that illustrates this:
youtu.be/wtwoypqYX5c
youtu.be/iuFT0LH2-jI
These domain names have actually been available since 2001 in their .com and .net, versions, which will soon be transliterated into their corresponding Arabic script, according to ICANN and Verisign (the owners of the .com/.net domain registry).

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Arabic Learning - Beginners Course

Our next ARABIC BEGINNERS COURSE starts on Sunday, 07.11.2010. Days & timings: Sundays and Wednesdays 06:00 pm - 09:30 pm. The course is focussed on providing basic skills, usable for common small talk situations. For further information, please call at 04-2660050 or check our home page iq-institute.com IQ Institute LogoIQ Institute Logo

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uae national arabic teacher needed

i need an arabic teacher, but i want to learn the emirati arabic - for uae...
please if anyone can tell me where or...if they know someone Smile
thanks

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Prices expected to remain stable during Ramadan

Consumers are having a good year. A Gulf News reader survey and analysis by an expert shows that the prices of essential food items in the country have remained stable in 2010. In some cases, they have dropped.

Simon Williams, a UAE-based economist, told the newspaper that he believes "there is no pressure to increase prices" because inflation is under control. There is not enough demand for the prices to go up, he said.

"I do not expect prices to increase more than one per cent this year," Williams added.

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Briton jailed for kiss in Dubai condemns Emirate's 'hypocrisy'

Charlotte Adams, 26, who was deported on Friday after spending 23-days behind bars for "indecency", spoke of her horror when a local woman claimed she had publicly kissed and touched Ayman Najafi, a British friend, in a restaurant last November.

Miss Adams, from Mersea Island, Essex, who regularly visited Dubai on business, admitted "flirting" with Mr Najafi but said she had done nothing more than give him "a peck on the cheek".

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