Re: Arabization

[Nadim Shaikli <shaikli at yahoo dot com>]

--- Abdulaziz Al-Arfaj wrote:
> Nadim Shaikli wrote:
> > --- Chahibi Youssef wrote:
> >
> > > http://www.arabicacademy.org.eg
> > 
> > Can someone contact the organization noted in Cairo ?  We really could
> > use their assistance and oversight on a _number_ of issues and topics.
> 
> I'll go even further. This organization, is not a regular one. This is
> THE official Arabic language body, and their the _most_ recognized
> authority on the Arabic language in the entire world. What we need
> with these people is _not_ assistance and oversight. We need a
> long-term alliance.
> 
> I strongly urge our men on the ground in Egypt (and thank god we have
> LOTS of those :-) to try and arrange a physical meeting with some of
> the Acedemy's officials. Let them know who we are, what we do and what
> we need. Even tell them what we might offer and that we are willing to
> be their technical muscle should they ever need it.
> 
> Before we do this of course we need to establish first contact. Nadim,
> can we send them that Unicode PDF we worked on a few months ago? We
> can follow that up with maybe a phone call, then somebody will have to
> show up at their door.

I'll check-in that file (along with the updated presentation mentioned
multiple times soon) keep at eye out for a CVS commit.

Any progress or news on contacting the 'arabicacademy.org.eg' ?  Any
takers in Cairo ?

Salam.

 - Nadim


		
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