How do you justify Arabic text? It’s a simple question, but—as cataloged in a lengthy interactive post on the blog La Vita ...

Polyglots and language students are revealing the toughest languages to master, highlighting nightmare grammar rules and unfamiliar alphabets.

Popular communication methods for nonspeaking autistic people have ignited a fierce debate over what counts as evidence of ...

Have you ever thought about the total number of languages that exist today? Well, if you thought that there were just a few hundred, then you are very wrong indeed! In reality, there are more than ...

Omar Badawi A historical and intellectual journey awaits visitors to “Arabic Language: Twenty-Eight Letters of Light,” an exhibition in Riyadh that tells the story of one of humanity’s oldest ...

Uzbekistan, a rising force in Asian soccer, faces Colombia in the 2026 World Cup. From its Central Asian roots to its growing ...

Think back to the last time you jotted down a quick note or made a grocery list. Chances are, it wasn’t with pen and paper. Over the past decade, keyboards and screens have quietly replaced ...

A film adaptation of Azar Nafisi’s celebrated memoir of teaching literature in a repressive Iran suggests that the story ...

Most of us procrastinate. We feel guilty about it and criticize ourselves for it. And yet we still do it. Why? Because of at least three factors: the absence of good habits and systems (poor ...

Rachel is a freelancer based in Echo Park, Los Angeles and has been writing and producing content for nearly two decades on subjects ranging from tech to fashion, health and lifestyle to entertainment ...

Millions of people across the Arab world use a strange mix of numbers and letters to communicate online — and most outsiders have no idea what they’re reading. Known as “Arabizi,” this system was born ...

Despite renewed hostilities in ⁠the Strait of Hormuz, investors remain obsessed with artificial intelligence. This week’s update argues there will be few places to ‌hide ⁠when the AI trade goes into ...