Arabic Content: One of Wikipedia's Most Growing Communities

"While Wikipedia’s Arabic communities is one of the fastest growing in the world, there is still room from growth. Newstead said, 'We are excited about the potential for growth here, as more people come on to the Internet, to build an Arabic Wikipedia.'"

"As Egypt devolves into partisanship and apprehension ahead of the upcoming presidential elections, optimism may seem out of reach. However, a closer look at the outpouring of political, social and economic grassroots initiatives that have arisen since Mubarak’s ouster reveals that the microcosm of civil society and democracy initiatives that grew out of Tahrir on January 25, 2011 did not actually disappear."

"Playwright, journalist, novelist, and head of the Egyptian Writers Union Mohamed Salmawy flew to the Emirates last night to give a talk at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair about the new book Naguib Mahfouz: Man of Cinema."

"A Palestinian who was deported to Gaza in 2002 has urged Hana Shalabi not to accept a deal under which she will be deported."