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                             Arabic Software Map

                               Isam G. Ishaq

                        Created on: February 1, 1994

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Contents

   * 1 Changes to this document (last changed: December 6, 1995)
        o 1.1 December 1995
        o 1.2 October 1995
        o 1.3 September 1995
        o 1.4 July 1995
        o 1.5 May 1995
        o 1.6 April 1995
        o 1.7 March 1995
        o 1.8 February 1995
        o 1.9 January 1995
        o 1.10 1994
   * 2 UNIX
        o 2.1 ArabTeX
        o 2.2 Baghdad
        o 2.3 dispiscii
        o PMosaic
        o 2.5 XArabWord
        o The Arabic Xterm
        o 2.7 yarb20, yarb25
        o Other Unix programs
   * 3 DOS
        o `AlamunA al-`arabbI
        o ArabTeX
        o 3.3 InText Multilingual Wordprocessing
        o Magic Writer <al-kAteb al-si.hry>
        o <musaa`idu al-`araby>
        o Other DOS programs
        o The Arabic Tutor
        o Microsoft Windows with Arabic Support
        o Lotus 1-2-3 (Arabic version)
        o Lotus Approach Arabic Version
        o Lotus Organizer Arabic Version
        o PersNegar
        o Other MS-Windows programs
   * OS/2
   * 6 Macintosh
        o 6.1 alfatiha
        o 6.2 Minaret
        o Nisus Writer
        o Other Macintosh programs
   * 7 Important information for all Platforms
        o 7.1 Anonymous ftp sites and ~reader
        o mailing lists
        o news groups
        o Gophers
        o World Wide Web
        o Codingsets and Standards
        o Internet and E-mail access
             + 7.7.1 Remarks
             + 7.7.2 Description of codes
             + 7.7.3 Further information column
             + 7.7.4 Where to find further information
             + 7.7.5 ISO 3166 Codes + Top level domains
        o Arabic Computer Magazines
        o On-line Arabic Magazines
        o Other information guides
   * This document
   * 9 Legalese
   * Index

1 Changes to this document (last changed: December 6, 1995)

1.1 December 1995

December 6, 1995
        o Jordan (JO) and Morocco (MA) with Full Internet (FI), see section
          7.7.


2 UNIX



2.1 ArabTeX



Version
     3.03
Description:
     ArabTeX is a package extending the capabilities of TeX/LaTeX to
     generate the Arabic writing from an ASCII transliteration for texts in
     several languages using the Arabic script. It consists of a TeX macro
     package and an Arabic font in several sizes, presently only available
     in the Naskhi style. ArabTeX is primarily intended for generating the
     Arabic writing, but the standard scientific transliteration can also be
     easily produced. For languages other than Arabic that are customarily
     written in the Arabic script some limited support is available. ArabTeX
     defines its own input notation which is both machine, and human,
     readable, and suited for electronic transmission and Email
     communication. However, texts in some of the Arabic standard encodings
     can also be processed.

     To get more information about ArabTeX see the README, README.303 and
     CHANGES files in the ArabTeX directory.
Author:
     Prof. Klaus Lagally (lagally@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de)
Platform:
     most UN*X systems
Requires:
     ArabTeX will run with Plain TeX and also with LaTeX. It is compatible
     with NFSS, NFSS2 and the EDMAC package; other additions to TeX have not
     been tried.
Main Site:
     ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (129.69.211.2)
Path:
     pub/arabtex
File:
     arabtex.tar.Z
File Size:
     544979 Bytes
Copy Policy:
     ArabTeX is copyrighted, but free use for scientific, experimental and
     other strictly private, noncommercial purposes is granted. Offprints of
     publications using ArabTeX are welcome. Using ArabTeX otherwise
     requires a license agreement.
Key Words:
     tex, latex
Entered:
     Aug 13, 1994
Entered By:
     Isam G. Ishaq
Last Changed:
     Mar 17, 1995

2.2 Baghdad



Description:
     Type 1 postscript Arabic font in format suitable for Unix
Main Site:
     ~reader (see section 7.1: Anonymous ftp sites and ~reader)
Path:
     ~reader/unix/fonts/TT
File:
     Baghdad.tar.Z
File Size:
     61103
Key Words:
     font, type1, postscript
Entered:
     13 Feb 1994
Entered By:
     Isam Ishaq

2.3 dispiscii

Description:
     The dispISCII package provides a method for displaying Persian text on
     workstations which support the X11 Graphical User Interface. As stated
     by its name, dispISCII displays bilingual text encoded with the Iranian
     National Standard, ISCII.

Platforms:
     DEC, HPPA, IBM, MIPS, SGI, SUN
Main Site:
     ~reader (see section 7.1: Anonymous ftp sites and ~reader)
Path:
     ~reader/unix/dispISCII
Key Words:
     Persian
Entered:
     Feb 9, 94
Entered By:
     Isam G. Ishaq

PMosaic



Version:
     .92
Description:
     Localized NCSA Mosaic with Persian/Arabic support
Author:
     Anoosh Hosseini
Maintainer:
     Anoosh Hosseini
Requires:
     Unix/X11 Sun, IBM, HP, SGI, DEC, PC/Linux
Main Site:
     tehran.stanford.edu
Path:
     Iran_Lib/Pmosaic
File:
     pmosaic92.xxx.tar.gz (where xxx represents machine type)
URL:
     ftp://tehran.stanford.edu/Iran_Lib/Pmosaic/
Demo Main Site:
     http://gpg.com
Demo Path:
     /pmosaic/
Demo File:
     demo.html
Copy Policy:
     free to distribute unmodified in original tar package
Key Words:
     Persian Arabic WWW Browser
Entered:
     March 20, 1995
Entered By:
     Anoosh Hosseini (anoosh@simorgh.gpg.com)

2.5 XArabWord



Version:
     0.9
Description:
     front-end editor for ArabTex
Author:
     Ahmed M. Shihab (ams90@par.soton.ac.uk)
Requires:
     X11R4 or later server and gcc to compile and work.
Main Site:
     ~reader (see section 7.1: Anonymous ftp sites and ~reader)
Path:
     ~reader/unix
File:
     xaw-0.9.tar.Z
File Size:
     92113
Key Words:
     tex, latex, arabtex, X11
Entered:
     Feb 6, 94
Entered By:
     Isam G. Ishaq

The Arabic Xterm



Version:
     1.1.1
Description:
     This software incorporates Arabic into an the MIT-Athena xterm for
     windows. This will allow entering Arabic code in both 7-bit ASMO
     (ASMO449) and 8-bit ISO8859-6 (ASMO708) as well as reading a full
     cursive Arabic text. The xterm program is a terminal emulator for the X
     Window System. It provides DEC VT102 and Tektronix 4014 compatible
     terminals for programs that can't use the window system directly. The
     implementation is running and stable except for few known minor bugs on
     display. The new environment will allow the users of Unix to process
     Arabic in its two standards.

     Unix Arabization should be a new breakthrough in the Arabization field
     and will give Arabic computing a new dimension. The convenience of this
     solution is it gives you an internationalization base without losing
     the compatibility of the base system with the future development in the
     operating systems. It provides the user with the flexibility of using
     more than one language at the same time by simply popping two different
     window from Arabic and English. This all without losing the computation
     power of the Unix Os and its applications. This solution also provides
     a transparent solution to problem of mailing in Arabic. With the lack
     of 8 bit standard mailer systems, the Arabized xterm provides a
     solution by using the 7 bit Arabic feature. When the time come where 8
     bit mailer systems is the standard, the Arabized xterm can be simply
     used to send 8 bit Arabic. The Arabization of the operating system will
     become a matter of using the alias commands to give a new names to the
     Unix commands. If the user choose not to Arabize the Unix command he
     can always switch modes by one function key stoke to change the mode of
     the Arabized xterm to accept the Latin characters instead of the
     Arabic.
Author:
     Fawaz S. Al-Anzi (alanzif@cs.rpi.edu)
Requires:
     X11R5; About 880K disk space is needed for the source code, and
     additional 1M is needed (depends on the type of computer) to build all
     the binaries.
Main Site:
     ftp.cs.rpi.edu
Path:
     /pub/alanzif/arabic-computing/arabic-xterm
File:
     arabicXterm.tar.Z
File Size:
     496359 Byte

Key Words:
     X11, xterm
Entered:
     May 6, 1995
Entered By:
     Isam G. Ishaq
Last Changed:
     May 12, 1995

2.7 yarb20, yarb25



Description:
     Arabic X-Windows fonts. These fonts were generated from Yannis
     Haralambous' Metafont code (Yarb font taken from Terry Regier's ATeX
     package)
Main Site:
     reader (see section 7.1: Anonymous ftp sites and ~reader)
Path:
     ~reader/unix/fonts/X
Files:
     yarb20.bdf.Z & yarb25.bdf.Z
File Size:
     11479 & 13324
Key Words:
     font, X11
Entered:
     Feb 9, 94
Entered By:
     Isam G. Ishaq

Other Unix programs

I know that these programs exist, but I don't have any other information
about them (anyone willing to help? See section 8: This document).

   * Mule is a MULtilingual Enhancement to GNU Emacs. It can handle not only
     ASCII characters (7 bits) and ISO Latin-1 (8 bits), but also Japanese,
     Chinese, Korean (16 bits) coded in the ISO2022 standard and its
     variants (e.g. EUC, Compound Text). For Chinese there is support for
     both GB and Big5. In addition, Thai (based on TIS620), Vietnamese
     (based on VISCII and VSCII), Arabic, and Ethiopic are also supported.

     The mule 2.2 README says about Arabic:

          Arabic and Persian are supported, but it uses special code
          and fonts proper to Mule. To read and write Arabic text, you
          need three fonts: etl16-arabic0.bdf (Arabic digits),
          etl16-arabic1.bdf (narrow characters) and etl16-arabic2.bdf
          (wide characters). These fonts are available in
          `fonts/ETL.tar.gz' which is designed suitable for the use
          with other ETL fonts. Read `Mule/Languages/Arabic Script
          Languages' node in Info for the usage of arabic-mode.

     For more Information about mule see
     http://www.cs.indiana.edu/hyplan/dmulholl/mule/README-Mule.txt .
   * Multilingual Application Support Service is a set of efficient and
     user-friendly software tools designed to ease the development of
     Multilingual (including Arabic) applications. For more information see
     http://www.iss.nus.sg/RND/MLP/Projects/MASS/MASS.html
   * See the unix directory at ~reader for more information about arabic
     support under Unix.

3 DOS



`AlamunA al-`arabbI

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Description:
     A program in Arabic about the history and geography of the Arabic
     world. Including the C-source code.

     [IMAGE ]

Author:
     Ahmad Muhammad Rida

     [Image]

Main Site:
     cs.sunysb.edu
Path:
     /pub/EN/_incoming/AbdelHadi_Bukres
File:
     3almuna.zip
File Size:
     409233 bytes
Copy Policy:
     Shareware
Key Words:
     history of the Arabic world, geography of the Arabic world
Entered:
     October 2, 1994
Entered By:
     Isam G. Ishaq

ArabTeX



Version:
     3.03
Description:
     ArabTeX is a package extending the capabilities of TeX/LaTeX to
     generate the Arabic writing from an ASCII transliteration for texts in
     several languages using the Arabic script. It consists of a TeX macro
     package and an Arabic font in several sizes, presently only available
     in the Naskhi style. ArabTeX is primarily intended for generating the
     Arabic writing, but the standard scientific transliteration can also be
     easily produced. For languages other than Arabic that are customarily
     written in the Arabic script some limited support is available. ArabTeX
     defines its own input notation which is both machine, and human,
     readable, and suited for electronic transmission and Email
     communication. However, texts in some of the Arabic standard encodings
     can also be processed.

     To get more information about ArabTeX see the README, README.303 and
     CHANGES files in the ArabTeX directory.
Author:
     Prof. Klaus Lagally (lagally@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de)
Requires:
     ArabTeX will run with Plain TeX and also with LaTeX. It is compatible
     with NFSS, NFSS2 and the EDMAC package; other additions to TeX have not
     been tried.
Main Site:
     ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (129.69.211.2)
Path:
     pub/arabtex
File:
     arabtex.zip
File Size:
     402580 Bytes
Copy Policy:
     ArabTeX is copyrighted, but free use for scientific, experimental and
     other strictly private, noncommercial purposes is granted. Offprints of
     publications using ArabTeX are welcome. Using ArabTeX otherwise
     requires a license agreement.
Key Words:
     tex, latex
Entered:
     Aug 13, 1994
Entered By:
     Isam G. Ishaq
Last Changed:
     Mar 17, 1995

3.3 InText Multilingual Wordprocessing



Version:
     1.2A
Description:
     A foreign language editor that allows editing in many languages,
     including Arabic.
Author:
     INTEX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL LTD.
Main Site:
     simtel
Path:
     ~simtel/editor
File:
     intext12.zip
File Size:
     266030 Bytes
Copy Policy:
     shareware
Registration:
     $49
Key Words:
     editor
Entered:
     Feb 22, 1994
Entered By:
     Isam Ishaq

Magic Writer <al-kAteb al-si.hry>



Version:
     1.3
Description:
     Arabic, English, Hebrew word processor
Author:
     National Computers & Software
Requires:
     DOS 3.0 or later, 512 KB memory
Demo Main Site:
     reader
Demo Path:
     ~reader/dos
Demo File:
     kateb.zip
Demo File Size:
     179340 Bytes
Key Words:
     word processor
Entered:
     Isam G. Ishaq
Entered By:
     Mar 2, 94

<musaa`idu al-`araby>

Version:
     2.0
Description:
     Mussa'ed Alarabi is an extension of DOS. It enhances the BIOS of the PC
     in order to write and/or use software programs that perform input and
     output in Arabic.
Author:
     Saudisoft
Entered:
     Isam G. Ishaq
Entered By:
     2 Mar 94

Other DOS programs

I know that these programs exist, but I don't have any other information
about them (anyone willing to help? See section 8: This document).

   * Al-Nasher.
   * The Universal Word.
   * See the dos directory at ~reader for more information about arabic
     support for DOS.

The Arabic Tutor

Version:
     Pre-Beta Demo 0.0
Description:
     The Arabic Tutor is a PC software that teaches Arabic for beginners
     using the Microsoft Windows 3.1 or later operating system. It features
     a user-friendly interface with sound that is a mouse-click away. The
     alphabet are introduced in details with instructions of how to read and
     write. Real words are introduced at an early stage as a build-up of
     vocabulary and illustration of concepts. You can even take a listening
     quiz at the terminal. No prior knowledge of Arabic is required and the
     program is general in scope. There is no need for arabic support on
     your windows to run the program. It is still under development, your
     feedback is most welcome.
Author:
     Abed A. Khooli
Requires:
     A PC system that runs MS Windows 3.1 or later, a windows compatible
     sound card (PC speaker may become a poor alternative in the final
     version, if you don't have a sound card), and a pointing device
     (mouse).
Main Site:
     http://darkwing.uoregon.edu
Path:
     /~alquds
File:
     all 20 files in the above directory.
File Size:
     1409457 bytes
URL:
     http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~alquds
Copy Policy:
     The demo version is FREE on condition that no changes are done to any
     of the program files. The final version's price/distribution TBA.
Key Words:
     Arabic, MS Windows, Sound
Entered:
     October 5, 94
Entered by:
     Abed Khooli (alquds@oregon.uoregon.edu)

Microsoft Windows with Arabic Support

Version:
     3.1 and 3.11 (NOT the workgroups one)
Description:
     It is more or less like the normal windows except it has two buttons on
     the upper left: one with L (for Latin), the other with Ayn for Arabic.
     If you want to write in Arabic, say in notepad, you click the Ayn. In
     some wordprocessors, e.g. Ami Pro, you write and the letters are
     seperate until you hit Enter - they take shape (one line at a time, no
     short vowels).

     Now, the editor equivalent to Write (the simplified Windows word
     processor) is called AWrite and is the only application where the menus
     are in Arabic. It has a limited number of fonts and does not handle a
     few marks (like dagger alif as in haathaa). You can write Arabic in
     paint Brush. The character set used here (and the fonts) are not
     standard and you can't import/export fronts from/to other applications.
     Some applications (word processors) designed for normal windows may not
     work well under this version of windows (due to the structure of
     fonts/character sets). Most English apps work as advertised. Apart from
     the above restrictions (and the lack of a powerful word processor), it
     works for general purposes.
Author:
     Microsoft

Copy Policy:
     Commercial
Key Words:
     Windows
Entered:
     March 19, 1995
Entered By:
     Abed Khooli (alquds@OREGON.UOREGON.EDU)

Lotus 1-2-3 (Arabic version)



Version:
     Rel 5
Description:
     This is a fully functional BiDirectional version. The entire product
     has been translated into Arabic (menus, dialog boxes, help and
     documentation).

     In fact this is a bi-lingual product. Users may run with the English
     User Interface by specifiying a command line option.

Requires:
     BiDirectional Windows 3.1 (Arabic, Farsi)

Copy Policy:
     Commercial
Key Words:
     Spreadsheet
Entered:
     April 11, 1995
Entered By:
     Joe Fitzpatrick (Joe_Fitzpatrick.LOTUSINT@crd.lotus.com)

Lotus Approach Arabic Version



Version:
     Rel 3.02
Description:
     This is a fully functional BiDirectional version. The entire product
     has been translated into Arabic (menus, dialog boxes, help and
     documentation).

     In fact this is a multi-lingual product. Users may also run with either
     an English or a French User Interface by specifiying a command line
     option.

Requires:
     BiDirectional Windows 3.1 (Arabic, Farsi)

Copy Policy:
     Commercial
Key Words:
     database
Entered:
     June 20, 1995
Entered By:
     Joe Fitzpatrick (Joe_Fitzpatrick.LOTUSINT@crd.lotus.com)

Lotus Organizer Arabic Version



Version:
     Rel 2.1
Description:
     This is a fully functional BiDirectional version. The entire product
     has been translated into Arabic (menus, dialog boxes, help and
     documentation). Additional Arabic features include Hijri calendar
     support, user definable week/weekend, Qibla direction and prayer times
     dialog

     This is a multi-lingual product. The default is Arabic. Users may also
     run with either an English or a French User Interface by specifiying a
     command line option.

Requires:
     BiDirectional Windows 3.1 (Arabic, Farsi)

Copy Policy:
     Commercial
Key Words:
     pim, personal information manager
Entered:
     September 28, 1995
Entered By:
     Joe Fitzpatrick (Joe_Fitzpatrick.LOTUSINT@crd.lotus.com)

PersNegar



Version:
     1.25
Description:
     ParsNegar is a MS Windows Farsi text entry tool, which allows
     effortless right to left text entry with contextual analysis and
     capablities to remap keyboard layouts and define font layouts for
     Windows fonts (to allow contextual analysis with almost any Windows
     fonts).

     ParsNegar can be used for any Right to Left script. However it only
     comes with two true type Farsi fonts.

     ParsNegar can be use as a simple editor or as a text entry tool where
     you type in your text and then copy and paste it into another Windows
     application, such as WinWord or CorelDRAW.

     For further information please see the help file. You can also read a
     bit more about ParsNegar on http://www.ozemail.com.au/~tooraj/pn.html
     which also includes screen shots of ParsNegar. (Soon the html file be
     move to tehran.stanford.edu - thanks to Farhad - so for the time being
     sorry for the slow response time.)

     PLEASE NOTE, ParsNegar is desinged for the English version of Windows.
     ParsNegar will not function properly under Windows NT, Arabic Windows,
     Farsi Windows and on '286 class PCs. It may or may not work properly
     under some European versions of Windows. It is not been tested under
     the Far East versions of Windows. However, it has been tested and works
     fine under the pre-release version of Windows 95.
Author:
     Tooraj Enayati (tooraj@daneel.rdt.monash.edu.au)
Main Site:
     tehran.stanford.edu
Path:
     /Iran_Lib/Editors
File:
     parng125.zip
Copy Policy:
     Shareware with evaluation period of 30 days. The registration cost is
     Aus$38 (about US$27).
Key Words:
     editor
Entered:
     25 Mar 94
Entered By:
     Amtiaz Fattum (tahajama@cs.TU-Berlin.DE)
Last Changed:
     July 11, 1995

Other MS-Windows programs

I know that these programs exist, but I don't have any other information
about them (anyone willing to help? See section 8: This document).

   * Al-Nwafith Al-Arabia is an Arabization program for Windows from
     Al-Alamia.
   * MS Windows for Workgroups 3.11 with Arabic support.
   * Arabic Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Mail).
   * Al-Maktab Al-Shakhsi from Sakhr.   Includes a basic wordprocessor, as
     well as a simple spreadsheet, graphics, and database.
   * Word processors with Arabic support
        o AL-USTAZ from Sakhr.   Full-featured Arabic and English MS Windows
          wordprocessing program working under the Sakhr Arabic operating
          system.
        o Al-Moharrer from Sakhr. A more basic wordprocessor, working under
          the Sakhr Arabic operating system.
        o El-Qalam. Requires MS Windows with Arabic support. A demo is
          available at   ftp://ftp.rdrop.com/pub/users/abdu/qalam.zip
        o AlefBa from Optimate.
        o Katib from ComputerWare Designers Ltd.
        o The Universal Word. See http://www.wysiwyg.com/ for more
          information.
        o Gamma Universe Unicode editor for Windows.     A language utility
          that adds support for many of the scripts encoded in Unicode to
          Microsoft Windows and allows you to use non- ASCII scripts in any
          Windows application. It requires MS-DOS and Windows 3.1 or better.
          Gamma Productions, Inc. 710 Wilshire Bvd, Suite 609; Santa Monica,
          CA 90401 USA; Tel: 310-394-8622; Fax: 310-395-4214. Gamma
          Productions Home Page is at: http://www.gammapro.com/ .
        o MS Arabic Word for Windows Version 2.0 and 6.0.
        o Arabic version of WordPerfect.
   * Arabic fonts for MS-Windows
        o baghdad2 at ~reader/win3 is an Arabic (Farsi, Urdu ?) Postcript
          font in three encodings (inc. ISO 8859-6, ASMO 449).
        o arabttf1 at ~reader/win3 is an Arabic, Farsi and Urdu TrueType
          font for MS-Windows (not compatible with MSW with arabic support).
        o Sakhr Software now has one linear font package and two TrueType
          font packages available called Jawaher for use with Sakhr Windows
          software programs. For more information, contact Taoufiq at
          Digitek International: voice 7038830134 fax 7038830137.
        o TrueType fonts from Ecological Linguistics; P.O. Box 15156;
          Washington, D.C., 20003; E-mail: ECOLING@Applelink.Apple.com
        o Fonts are also available from Gate Seven Computers; 6A Gwendwr
          Road; London W14 9BG; (071) 602 5186.
        o "The DecoType Professional Font Series for MicroSoft Windows: DTP
          Naskh". The DTP package includes 2 base fonts and 5 supplementary
          fonts. DecoType; P.O. Box 55518; Amsterdam, 1007 NA; The
          Netherlands; fax: 31-20-664-2363. E-mail:
          76414,727@compuserve.com.
   * Arabic optical character recognition (OCR) programs
        o ICRA 4. The program runs under MS Windows with Arabic spport.
        o al-Qari' al-Ali "Automatic Reader" 1.1, a version of the program
          is known as MULTREC. It is produced by al-Alamiah Software Co. and
          runs on al-Nawafidh al-Arabiya.
   * Arabisk, an Arabization program for Corel Draw,   which requires MS
     Windows with Arabic Support.
   * See the win3 directory at ~reader for more information about arabic
     support for Windows 3.*.

OS/2



6 Macintosh



6.1 alfatiha



Version:
     1.0
Description:
     a hypercard stack which is developed to teach people reading the first
     Sura (chapter) of the Quran in Arabic. The stack will display the
     Arabic text and read it for you. You can even hear each sentence word
     by word.
Author:
     Abdulkader Khattab (abdulk@qmw.ac.uk)
Requires:
     Hypercard version 2.x. You can use the stack with English System
     software
Main Site:
     mac.archive.umich.edu
Path:
     mac/hypercard/education
File:
     alfatiha1.0.cpt.hqx
File Size:
     260404 Bytes
Key Words:
     hypercard, Quran
Entered:
     Feb 7, 1994
Entered By:
     Isam G. Ishaq

6.2 Minaret



Version:
     1.3
Description:
     This program computes Islamic prayer schedules, the direction of the
     Qibla, and various data related to the Hijri calendar.
Author:

        Kamal Abdali
        P.O. Box 65207
        Washington, DC 20035
        USA

Copy Policy:
     shareware, $10
Key Words:
     Hijri calendar
Entered:
     22 Jun 1994
Entered By:
     George Maschke (WTLefercus@aol.com)

Nisus Writer



Version:
     4.0.6
Description:
     This word processor is WorldScript I compatible, meaning with the
     proper language scripts, you can create documents in Arabic, Persian,
     and Urdu. You can mix these languages with left-to-right languages like
     English and German, or even Russian. Features like footnotes, headers,
     footers, cross-referencing, table of contents, and indexing are
     supported. Column support is weak, and tables are not offered. Nisus
     has a powerful macro writing language, and macros are also recordable.
     Nisus also supports WorldScript II, with which you can handle Chinese,
     Japanese, and Korean text.

     The program comes with two separate editors: one for tables and one for
     mathematical equations.
Author:

        Nisus Software, Inc.
        107 South Cedros Avenue
        Solana Beach, CA 92075
        USA

        Phone (from within the USA): (800) 922-2993
        Phone (international): +1 619 481 1477
        Fax (international): +1 619 481 6154

Copy Policy:
     Commercial. An educational price of about US $175 is offered. This
     includes the WorldScript I extension, Arabic script file, and Arabic
     TrueType fonts. Regular price is around $250.
Key Words:
     WorldScript, word processor
Entered:
     Jun 22, 1994
Entered By:
     George Maschke (WTLefercus@aol.com)
Updated:
     Jan 13, 1995
Updated By:
     Jean-Louis Peyle (jlpeyle@geti.fdn.org)

Other Macintosh programs

I know that these programs exist, but I don't have any other information
about them (anyone willing to help? See section 8: This document).

   * An arabic version of ClarisWorks 1.0 has been released. For information
     about the distribution channels, apply to Claris International.
   * Arabic fonts or Macintosh (best on system 7 or later), both Postscript
     and TrueType outline font formats from Ecological Linguistics; P.O. Box
     15156; Washington, D.C., 20003; ECOLING@Applelink.Apple.com.
   * TextPert 3.7 Arabic, produced by CTA, Inc., is an Arabic OCR.
   * See the mac directory at reader for more information about arabic
     support for Macintosh.
   * See also "The Arabic Mac resource centre", which is maintained by Knut
     S. Vikor (Knut.Vikor@smi.uib.no) and located at
     http://www.hf-fak.uib.no/smi/ksv/ .

7 Important information for all Platforms

7.1 Anonymous ftp sites and ~reader

  The following anonymous ftp sites have Arabic script software (in this
document they are called ~reader). Use anonymous or ftp as login-id and your
email address as password to log in.

   * rama.poly.edu in the directory /pub/reader.
   * ftp.u.washington.edu in the directory /public/reader.

mailing lists

  The following mailing lists deal with Arabic script software (Their
archives are in ~reader/text.)

reader:
       To subscribe/unsubscribe write a mail to iskandar@u.washington.edu.
     There is also a FAQ (frequently asked questions list) in
     ~reader/text/faq.
ITISALAT:
       To subscribe send a mail to LISTSERV@GUVM.GEORGETOWN.CCF.EDU with the
     body (not the subject):

                     subscribe itisalat YOUR NAME

PCARAB-L:
       To subscribe send a mail to LISTSERV@SAKFU00.BITNET with the body
     (not the subject):

                     subscribe pcarab-l YOUR NAME

     Please note that BITNET nodes need some extra writing to be reached
     from the Internet. Try sending your subscribtion request to
     listserv%sakfu00.bitnet@pucc.princeton.edu

     Princeton University has a subscription to both networks; when your
     message will get there thanks to the "pucc.princeton.edu", the local
     nameserver will look up "sakfu00.bitnet" and will redirect it to Saudi
     Arabia. (Thanks to alex khalil).

news groups

  The following news groups may have relevant information:

alt.culture.egyptian:

alt.culture.kuwait:

soc.culture.algeria:
     From A to Z about Algeria.

soc.culture.arabic:
     Technological & cultural issues, *not* politics.

soc.culture.egyptian:
     Egypt, and its society, culture, heritage, etc.

soc.culture.israel:
     Israel and Israelis.

soc.culture.iraq:
     Iraq, its society, culture and heritage.

soc.culture.jordan:
     All topics concerning The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

soc.culture.kuwait:
     Kuwaiti culture, society, and history.

soc.culture.lebanon:
     Discussion about things Lebanese.

soc.culture.maghreb:
     North African society and culture.

soc.culture.palestine:
     Palestinian people, culture and politics.

soc.culture.syria:
     Syrian cultural matters and affairs.

Gophers

  The following Gophers may have relevant information

The Islamic Gopher:
     The Gopher path from your home gopher is Other Gopher servers/North
     America/USA/New York/Islamic Resources Gopher. It can be reached at
     latif.com:70 using gopher client software. For more information on the
     gopher contact Yaakob Abdullah (yaakob@latif.com).

The Palestinen Gopher:
     provides current news, political, economic and cultural information
     about Palestine including poems and recipies, copies of human rights
     reports, PLO statements, guides to Palestinian and other organizations,
     pointers to other information servers and news in Arabic (GIF format).
     The gopher is at alquds.org. For more information on the gopher contact
     Yaser Doleh (doleh@alquds.org).

RNRT Gopher:
     links Tunisian national research centers, institutes and universities
     and provides a directory for Tunisian universities and polytechnics.
     The gopher is at gopher.rnrt.tn. For more information on the gopher
     contact Khaled Bouaziz (bouaziz@spiky.rsinet.tn). RNRT also has a WWW
     page.

Sahih Bukhari:
     in english. The URL is:
     gopher://cwis.usc.edu/11/Campus_Life/Student_Orgs/MSA/Hadith/Bukhari

World Wide Web

  The following World Wide Web sites may have relevant information

Levant cultural multimedia servers:
     maintained by Barre Ludvigen (borrel@mashallah.ludvigsen.dhhalden.no)
     and has lots of good stuff like cultural material, music, pictures and
     films. The URL is:
     http://www.ludvigsen.hiof.no/webdoc/levant_servers.html.

The SCL WWW home page:
     The URL is: http://huez.cica.fr:8080.

The Palestinian "test" Home page:
     maintained by Isam G. Ishaq (isam0732@mailszrz.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE). It
     has some material (documents, pictures, addresses) about Palestine. The
     URL is: http://www.cs.TU-Berlin.DE/~ishaq/pal/palestine/palestine.html.

General Union of Palestine Students (UK) Home page:
     The aim of this Mosaic page is to provide information about the
     occupied territories and the Palestinian Problem. Hopefully, in the
     future, I will be able to provide news about the Gaza strip and West
     Bank. The URL is: http://http2.brunel.ac.uk:8080/~em93mma/

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan WWW Page:
     http://www.mit.edu:8001/activities/jordanians/jordan/ The URL is:
     http://www.mit.edu:8001/activities/jordanians/jordan/

Web Server Of The Hashemite Kingdom Of Jordan:
     The URL is: http://iconnect.com/jordan/

American Arab Scientific Society (AMASS) Home Page:
     maintained by Abdelsalam Heddaya. The URL is:
     http://cs.bu.edu/Faculty/heddaya/amass.html.

Kuwait University WWW:
     The URL is: http://www.sci.kuniv.edu.kw/

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia:
     The URL is: http://www.kiosk.net:80/infosaudi/

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia:
     The URL is: http://www.wpi.edu/~zakharia/saudi-arabia.html

MIT Arab Student Organization's Home Page:
     The URL is: http://www.mit.edu:8001/activities/arab/homepage.html

Quran in Arabic:
     These are picture files of the holy Quran in Arabic, verse by verse,
     i.e. not searchable text. The URL is:
     http://www.wam.umd.edu/~lilsistr/Quran/quran.html.

Syrian Arab Republic:
     The URL is: http://www.coe.uncc.edu/~aalyoune/syria/main.html

Middle East Studies Home Page:
     services a wide selection of info about and from the Middle East. It is
     located at University of Texas at Austin. The URL is:
     http://menic.utexas.edu/mes.html

DUNYA:
     is a virtual Islamic community in Webspace, featuring an array of links
     to other resources on the internet in addition to hosting the
     HyperQur'aan Project and ongoin photo exhibitions. The URL is:
     http://www.uoknor.edu/cybermuslim .

Tunisia RNRT World Wide Web server:
     The National Research and Technology Network the RNRT, allows tunisian
     researchers to communicate, exchange files and retrieve data from
     scientific databases. The URL is: http://gopher.rnrt.tn:80/www/root.htm
     .

The Tunisian WWW Home Page in Erlangen:
     The URL is:
     http://www-nt.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de/~younes/tunisian_home/tunisia.html
     .

The Mosque of the Internet:
     The URL is: http://www.nmia.com/~mosque .

Islamic Texts and Resources MetaPage:
     The URL is:
     http://wings.buffalo.edu/student-life/sa/muslim/isl/isl.html .

Codingsets and Standards

ISO, the International Standards Organization maintains a WWW site at
http://www.iso.ch/

ISO 233:1984
       Documentation -- Transliteration of Arabic characters into Latin
     characters.

ISO 233-2:1993
       Information and documentation -- Transliteration of Arabic characters
     into Latin characters -- Part 2: Arabic language -- Simplified
     transliteration.

ISO 639:1988
       Code for the representation of names of languages.

     According to this standard the Arabic language is coded as ar.

ISO 6438:1983
       Documentation -- African coded character set for bibliographic
     information interchange.

ISO 8859-6:1987 (ASMO 449E)
       Information processing --   8-Bit single-byte coded graphic character
     sets -- Part 6: Latin/Arabic alphabet.

     This is an 8-bit code closely related both to 7-bit ASCII and to ASMO
     449; whereas the lower 128 positions are identical to ASCII (ISO 646),
     the upper 128 positions contain the Arabic characters of ASMO 449 in
     the analogous places, plus a few additional graphic and control
     characters. The file ISO-8859-6.ps at ~reader/coding-sets is a
     Postscript sheet for the Right-Hand part of ISO 8859-6.

     More information about the ISO 8859 Series can be found at
     http://www.cs.tu-berlin.de/~czyborra/charsets/

ISO 9036:1987 (ASMO 449)
       Information processing --   Arabic 7-bit coded character set for
     information interchange.

     This is the standard adopted by the Arab Standards and Metrology
     Organization (ASMO) in 1985. It is a 7-bit code, differing from ASCII
     mainly by replacing the letters by the Arabic letter characters and
     diacritical marks; the Arabic digits share their positions with the
     ASCII digits. The positions of special and control characters in both
     codes are identical. The file ISO-9036.ps at ~reader/coding-sets is a
     Postscript sheet for ISO 9036.

ISO/DIS 11822
       Information and documentation -- Extension of the Arabic alphabet
     coded character set for bibliographic information interchange.

Unicode
       is a 16-bit code. See http://unicode.org/ or
     http://www.stonehand.com/ for more information about Unicode. The
     directory unicode and its subdirectories at ~reader/text have also some
     information about unicode.

Internet and E-mail access

This section is based on the Country-Codes-List (Release: 95.11.29), which
is compiled by Olivier M.J. Crepin-Leblond (ocl@ic.ac.uk).

The complete text of this list can by found at rtfm.mit.edu in the directory
/pub/usenet/news.answers/mail/ or at lth.se in the directory
/pub/netnews/news.answers/mail/ . It is also avelable via:
http://www.ee.ic.ac.uk/misc/country-codes.html .

7.7.1 Remarks

Every now-and-then there are enquiries on the net regarding E-mail to a
distant country. The question is often of the type "has that country got
E-mail access ?". The following table is a guide of country codes, showing
the countries which have access to Internet or general E-mail services. The
country codes have been derived from the International Organization for
Standardization standard ISO 3166. A country code is taken as a top level
domain once it is registered at rs.internic.net so not all country codes
listed are top level domains.

7.7.2 Description of codes

FI
     stands for FULL INTERNET access. This includes 'telnet', 'ftp', and
     internet E-mail.
B
     stands for BITNET access although the address may be in internet DNS
     (Domain Name System) format.
*
     (Asterisk) means that the country is reachable by E-mail. If this is
     not preceded by FI or B, it means that the connection may be a UUCP
     connection. An asterisk is included after FI or B for consistency.
PFI
     stands for a provisional full internet connection.(+)
P
     stands for provisional connection. (+)

     (+) This is used when one or more of the following is true:
        o address not verified or lack of address
        o UUCP dialup not active
        o net connection possible but not officially announced
        o premature official announcement of connection
F
     stands for a country that is connected to Internet only via means of
     the FIDOnet network. It is assumed that the FIDO connection in this
     case is stable and reliable.

7.7.3 Further information column

This column contains information as follows:

   * E-mail address of a contact from which further information may be
     obtained and/or
   * Details of a gopher system that can be queried for further information
     in this case, look at Section 7.7.4 or
   * If no other information available: nameserver details, if any. This is
     the main nameserver as listed in the rs.internic.net database. Those
     often change as the network grows, and it is hard to keep track of all
     nameservers, but they should usually work. Nameservers can be queried
     by users using nslookup.

7.7.4 Where to find further information



A number of sites run on-line information databases, mail-servers, and
gopher information systems where further information can be found.

gopher.psg.com
     This gopher system, maintained by the Network Startup Resource Center
     and PSGnet/RAINet contains perhaps the most comprehensive collection of
     information about country connectivity. It may be accessed as "gopher
     gopher.psg.com". For the gopher client impaired, one can telnet to
     gopher.psg.com and login as gopher. An important feature is an E-mail
     interface to access the information in the gopher system. Send E-mail
     to: server@gopher.psg.com any subject, and in the body of the message:

     send country/country-code

     Example: if you want further information about Brazil (country code BR)

     send country/BR

7.7.5 ISO 3166 Codes + Top level domains

WARNING:

The link to some countries marked as being connected to Internet via UUCP or
FIDO is often an expensive telephone dialup link. The people in those
countries pay dearly for every byte of information sent to them. It is
therefore not advised to send an electronic mail to a remote node in such a
country asking "how's the weather there". When it comes to money, people
take things very seriously, especially since funds are scarce. It is a
matter of net etiquette to keep this in mind. Junk mail sent to any node
that has to pay a lot for its telephone connection will clearly be dealt
with HARSHLY and evasive action may well be taken against those not
respecting this notice.

Code    Country              Conn     Notes         Further information
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
AE   United Arab Emirates        P    Apparently dead ns.uu.net
BH   Bahrain                FI B *                    gopher gopher.psg.com
DZ   Algeria                FI   *                    gopher gopher.psg.com
EG   Egypt                  FI B *                    gopher gopher.psg.com
ET   Ethiopia                    F                    gopher gopher.psg.com
IL   Israel                 FI B *                    relay.huji.ac.il
IQ   Iraq
JO   Jordan                 FI   *                    gopher gopher.psg.com
KW   Kuwait                 FI   *    No BITNET       gopher gopher.psg.com
LB   Lebanon               PFI   P                    gopher gopher.psg.com
LY   Libya
MA   Morocco                FI   *                    gopher gopher.psg.com
MR   Mauritania
OM   Oman                        *
QA   Qatar
SA   Saudi Arabia           FI B *                    gopher gopher.psg.com
SD   Sudan                       F
SO   Somalia
SY   Syria
TD   Chad
TN   Tunisia                FI B *                    gopher gopher.psg.com
YE   Yemen
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Arabic Computer Magazines

Alkomputer wa Attiknologia
     Tel.: 409 1426 Abo Dhabi, UAE $70.00 per year
Alkomputer wa Iliektoroniat
     Tel.: 071 582-2220 London, UK $100.00
Alam Alkomputer
     Tel.: 508 879-0700, USA
Arabic Byte Magazine
     URL: http://arabia.com/arabicByte/index.html Tel.: +971 4 224-075;
     Fax.: +971 4 214-560; E-mail: byte.me@applelink.apple.com; P.O. Box
     12863; Dubai, UAE. The magazine is for Arabic users and edited in
     Arabic Languge. $55 for 12 issues (one year).
Arabic PC Magazine
     Tel.: +971 4 240-700; Fax.: +971 4 240-750; P.O. Box 60934; Dubai, UAE.
     $56 for 12 issues (one year). The magazine is for Arabic users and
     edited in Arabic Languge.
Arabuter Magazine
     The magazine is %100 Arabic magazine. It deals with arabic software and
     problems.

     Arabuter Magazine; 2121 Wisconsin Ave NW, Suite # 70, Washington, DC
     20007 Tel.: (202) 223-2668 -; Fax: (202) 659-0505

On-line Arabic Magazines

Some Arabic Magazinies are now on-line:

Al Anwar
     http://www.lebanon.com
Al-Sharq al-Awsat
     http://www.hhsaudi.co.uk/Prototype/ASHARQAL-AWSAT/
The Kuwaiti newspaper al-waTan
     http://www.kuwait.net/~alwatan/
Al-taqniyya wa-l-'a`maal
     (http://arabia.com/busTech/index.html
Byte Middle East
     http://arabia.com/arabicByte/index.html

Other information guides

Islamic Computing Resources Guide:
     maintained by Basil Hashem. It is available
        o by anonymous ftp at cs.bu.edu
        o and on the Islamic Gopher.

A Guide to Islamic Resources on the Internet:
     by Mas'ood Cajee (mcajee@aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu). It is available
        o by anonymous ftp at ftp.netcom.com as
          /pub/mcgee/african/islam/cybermuslim.guide,
        o on the World Wide Web as
          http://www.uoknor.edu/www/ou_info/mc_info.html,
        o and on the Islamic Gopher.

Middle East/North Africa Internet Resource Guide:
     by Joseph W. Roberts at the University of Utah. It is available
        o on the University of Utah Gopher (Other Gophers/North
          America/Utah/Univ of Utah/Academic Organizations/Middle East
          Center)
        o and by anonymous FTP at sunsite.unc.edu and rtfm.mit.edu.

The Multilingual PC Directory:
     3rd Edition, by Ian Tresman (72240.3447@compuserve.com).

     It is a guide to multilingual and foreign language software for IBM PCs
     and compatibles. Among the 400 or so products that are detailed, are
     dozens that support Arabic. The vast majority are commercial programs.
     The book is now also available in the following formats:
        o World Wide Web format from: http://www.knowledge.co.uk/xxx/
        o Windows Help file format from
          ftp://vespucci.iquest.com/tatro-enterprises/insoft-l.arc/classifieds/
             + babel.zip: 1K description
             + mpcdir.zip: 625K full-text WinHelp format.

This document

The Arabic Software Map is maintained by Isam G. Ishaq
(isam0732@mailszrz.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE). It is an effort to put a description
of Arabic software especially these available on the Internet. It also has
references to other resources on the Internet concerning the Arabic language
and the Arabic world.

The ASM is written in LaTeX with the ArabTeX extensions (thanks to Prof.
Lagally). It has been translated to html (Hypertext Markup Language) using
the LaTeX2HTML translator (thanks to Nikos Drakos). Using any
World-Wide-Web-Frontend (like Mosaic, netscape or lynx) you can always see
an uptodate version of it at
http://www.cs.TU-Berlin.DE/~ishaq/arabic/asm/asm.html.

A more or less uptodate postscript version of this map is found on ~reader
in the directory ~reader/text it is called asm.ps.gz. The ASCII version is
also located in the same directory at ~reader and is called asm.txt. This
version is also posted monthly on the newsgroups soc.culture.arabic,
news.answers and soc.answers. The last posted version of this docoment is
archived on rtfm.mit.edu in the directory /pub/usenet/news.answers under the
name Arabic-software-map.

Please e-mail me with any comments, no matter how small. I can't do a good
job of maintaining this document without your help. If you want to add or to
modify anything in the ASM, then please fill in the following template form
and e-mail it back to me.

It is in the LaTeX with ArabTeX extensions format, but you don't have to
worry about it. Just write your text after the "]". You don`t have to fill
in all entries, just fill on the entries you know.

\subsection{Your programm name}
\begin{description}
   \item[Version:]
   \item[Description:]
   \item[Author:]
   \item[Maintainer:]
   \item[Requires:]
   \item[Main Site:]
   \item[Path:]
   \item[File:]
   \item[File Size:]
   \item[Other Sites:]
   \item[URL:]
   \item[Demo Main Site:]
   \item[Demo Path:]
   \item[Demo File:]
   \item[Demo File Size:]
   \item[Copy Policy:]
   \item[Price:]
   \item[More Information:]
   \item[Key Words:]
   \item[Entered:]
   \item[Entered By:]
   \item[Last Changed:]
\end{description}

9 Legalese

Trademarks are owned by their owners. There is no warranty about the
information in this document. Use and distribute at your own risk. The
content of this document is in the public domain, but please be polite and
attribute any quotes.

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                        Sat Dec 16 14:15:41 MET 1995
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