- 02 Aug 2012
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I’ve been involved in a couple of Arabic web projects recently so I thought it’d be useful to share some resources.
Special thanks to Tomasz Ronda for the academic papers.
Great overview and notes from the field from fellow Bristolian, Fergus Roche.
From the UPA, Designing an Arabic User Interface: Methods and Techniques for Bridging Cultures
There’s also a great chapter in Beyond Broders by John Yunker (p369)
Designing right to left languages from Viget.
Good examples
Which are the biggest websites in Arabic? from Quora.
Showcase Of Web Design In The Arab World from our friends at Smashing Magazine.
Academic papers & research
Designing Usable Localised Websites: Differences between Western and Arab Cultures PDF
Arabic Interface Analysis Based on Cultural Markers PDF
Culture Reflection in Arabic Websites PDF
ADOPTING USER-CENTRED DEVELOPMENT FOR ARABIC E-COMMERCE WEBSITES PDF
Globally Designed: a study of international Web user experience PDF
Know any more great resources? Add a comment below.
Here are few Arabic sites built on Drupal
http://drupal.org/node/977396
Check yourworld.com.kw. You’ll find RTL and LTR implementation as well as some arabic graphical language. There’s also a book called arabesque which is quite nice on Arabic design and typo.
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