Arabic

Arabic Graffiti: Unclaimed, on anywhere street

Arabic Graffiti, a book of pictures and personal essays, comes from anywhere streets -- in Beirut, Gaza, Tehran, Paris, London, Berlin or Montreal.

Wimbledon 2019: Tunisian Ons Jabeur only player from Africa in women's singles draw

Tunisian Ons Jabeur will be the only player from Africa in the women's singles draw at Wimbledon 2019, also being the highest ranked women's singles player from Africa

Ramadan vs Ramzan: A linguistic difference between Arabic and Urdu, not meaning, has led to the festival's two names

The disparate uses of the terms Ramzan and Ramadan has in some cases been portrayed as an instance of linguistic bias and a corrosive byproduct of cultural nationalism. In reality, it is merely the differential usage of the letter 'zuad', which has the z sound in Urdu and d sound in Arabic, or 'duad'.

Hindi becomes third official language in Abu Dhabi courts; move aims to improve access to justice

Abu Dhabi has included Hindi as the third official language used in its courts, alongside Arabic and English, in order to to improve access to justice

Australian minister hints that Saudi 18-year-old is likely to get asylum; United Nations says teen is a refugee

The decision marks a significant victory for the 18-year-old, who is currently in Bangkok where she says Thai authorities attempted to block her from travelling to Australia to claim asylum

Israel Cabinet committee pushing bill to downgrade Arabic, make Hebrew lone official language

An Israeli Cabinet committee is pushing forward a bill that downgrades Arabic as an official language of the country.

Ukraine faces bitter election in midst of conflict with Russia

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's prime minister has launched what promises to be a bitter election campaign that could divide pro-Western parties and complicate their efforts to fight pro-Russian rebels in the country's east. Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk, a key interlocutor of the West during months of turmoil, announced on Thursday he would quit, saying parliament was betraying Ukraine's army and people by blocking reforms supported by Western backers. His move, following the exit of two parties from the ruling coalition, amounted to the start of a campaign for seats in a legislature still packed with former allies of pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovich, ousted by protests in February

Watch: YouTube star Adam Saleh kicked off Delta flight for 'speaking Arabic'

A Yemeni-American YouTube star from New York, Adam Saleh, called for a boycott of Delta Airlines after charging he was removed from one of its flights on Wednesday for speaking Arabic.

Want to conserve Sanskrit? Throw colonisation out of your mind, says Najma Heptulla

Sanskrit would have survived had it become language of commoners, Union Minister Najma Heptulla noted on Tuesday

Madrassas in India should be barred from teaching in Urdu and Arabic: Shiv Sena

Shiv Sena said madrassas in India should be barred from using Urdu and Arabic as medium of instruction and they should be replaced with English and Hindi.