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Egypt to unleash the first arabic webdomain

Congrats, this has been waited so long, finally Arabic web domains.

Egypt will open the world's first Arabic language internet domain, its communications minister has said.

BBC NEWS - Egypt launches Arabic web domain

Why this step was delayed till now ? here's why

Last month, internet regulator Icann voted to allow non-Latin web addresses. Domain names can now be written in Arabic, Chinese and other scripts.

BBC News - Egypt launches Arabic web domain

I still don't know what will it exactly look like, we may learn about it the next few days hopefully but here is one example I found. http://حوراء.com, if anybody know other examples of Arabic domains please write it down in the comments

The big question is, Will we actually use this domains ? What is it's effect on SEO ? will it have any compatibility issues with different browsers or devices like mobiles etc..?

November 16, 2009, 11:54 AM | Events , Web in the Middle East

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