Re: Salam alikom (Your answers appreciated) (Aziz)

[Youssef Chahibi <chahibi at gmail dot com>]

السلام عليكم
As Nadim answered before there was a will to make a similar project
oao (www.openarabiya.com), this is very interesting due to the lack of
arabic open source specialized media websites which push many users to
use English as their default desktop language because there are very
good oss english websites. Arabic oss websites are good way to spread
arabic computer terms that many users find weird ( only because they
don't use them ).
I suggest , if you want, to make it a part of arabeyes and/or give
skilled writers the chance to make high quality articles, not just
translating english news or pointing to slashdot. You could use the
open source SPIP to manage the content, it's a bit complex but you can
better control the interface design with it compared to Mambo or
phpnuke. Also, if you make it a part of Arabeyes , I think the core
members might give you free hosting on powerful servers or also free
domain name if they are not overloaded with the current activity.
I don't like Arabstan, because it mixes arabic ( Arab ) and persian (
the suffix stan ). Arabistic sounds like a blog's title or a hobby
website.

Fatish as a verb means browse and search ( tsaffah wa ibhat ) , I gave
the correct dictionary definition of it in my previous reply (but you
have problems with encoding). Fatash ( with shadda on taa )is a
"Sighat Moubalagha" derivated from the verb.

By the way, I was also thinking of creating an Arabic open source news
website. I have ever created names and logos on draft but I don't
think it was perfect.

In my opinion, OpenArabiya isn't a good name because it uses an
english word and translating or transcripting it wouldn't be great.

I suggest: www.ainmaftouha.com ( ain for arabic, ain also for
arabeyes, maftouha for opensource, maftouha also for the arabic fatha
haraka ( diacritics ) ). If you name it so, you can design a cool logo
with a fatha on a ain. The simple shape of both the letter and the
diacritic are elements to make a professional logo.



On 11/23/05, Aziz <azizsaleh at gmail dot com> wrote:
> Salam alikom brothers/sisters,
>
> Ahmad Khalifa:
> I want a name that will be general, not specified for search. (I have
> many other ideas I want to implement on the site, search will be just
> the beginning inshala).
>
> Youssef Chahibi:
> I don't know if you actually meant to type: ��� in your message, but
> that I am seeing alot of (I am guessing they are arabic words, but
> gmail support for arabic is not great).
> At the start, I would concentrate on the alogirthem I would be using,
> implementation and GUI issues can be easily done afterwards (step by
> step).
> Wallahi its a beautiful name (Maraya), its sounds so perfect. But as
> you said it was already taken. I know what Nadel means, but what does
> fatash mean?
> About it being opensource, why not. But first I would concentrate on
> my work, afterwards if it works and everything setup, I would gladly
> produce an opensource version to the public.
>
> Bashar:
> I seem to see you everywhere I go :D.
> I really appreciate the link, its a beautiful website (I always
> appreciate the work ata makes), even when they charge money and are
> windows sided :p.
> But as I see, they do not have alot of coverage to the web (as I see
> many results are attained from the same domains at many times). I hope
> they do improve their service and be successful inshala.
>
> To All:
> I started a news site a while ago called Arabstan (Arabic land), now I
> was thinking of Using the domain name Arabistic, but many people have
> advised me against it.
>
> I really hope you guys have more suggestions,
>
> Thanks for your time everyone,
>
> Salam,
> Aziz
>
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