“Saudi, Egyptian and Moroccan Arabic dialects are now available on the platform’s mobile app…”
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KSA AI
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Arabic LLMs
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X Saud Al Qahtani (updated)
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The Egyptian Net Hub
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Yahya Assiri Spyware Allegations
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Gaza Distance Education
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KSA e-payments
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Arabic AI ++
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KSA Nvidia
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Google OCR Arabic
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Women-only ride-sharing apps
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’Illegal’ Hajj (update)
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Vote Counting App
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LLMs Huawei MENA
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KSA and Human Rights
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KSA Conspiracy Claim
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KSA Manahel al-Otaibi
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‘Million‘ UAE startup
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Qur’an Recitation App
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Egyptian Responses to Iran attack
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Women Rappers in Egypt
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KSA Robots
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Meta ‘Shaheed‘ Ban
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Sandvine on Entity List
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Mohammed Al-Sharekh
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DeepLcom
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Egypt’s “Digital Nomads”
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Qalbox
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El-Meksiki Rides Again
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Googleyat
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Hijab On-air
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Old Macs
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KSA AI
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Egypt: Anti-Syrian Social Media Campaign
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OpenAI Apps
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KSA AI Mecca
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Iran Farez App
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Billboard Arabia
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Egypt Data Dip
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C30 C60 C90 Go
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Israel’s Arabic bots
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Piers Morgan interview: Bassem Youssef
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Egypt’s Forgotten Women Qur’an Reciters
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Arabic AI
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Saudi Manga
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Digital Urdu
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MBS Confirms Tweet Death Sentence
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Captagon Crisis
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Censorship-resistant apps
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Satellites over Morocco
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KSA, NUFC + Social Media
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‘Spiritual Healing’ Investigation
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Morocco Quake (updated)
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KSA Social
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‘Proxy Pilgrimage’
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X KSA Lawsuit
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JAIS Arabic Language Model
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AI MSA Translations
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KSA ‘Migrant Killings’ Allegations
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Manal al-Sharif Profile
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KSA Gamers
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Chip Race
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KSA Influencer arrest
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Haramain Railway
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Podcast: Digital Activism in the Arab World
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Salma al-Shehab and Noura al-Qahtani
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Morocco Football
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Egypt and Animal Welfare
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‘GG Geena’ – Sheilat Tech Tradition Fusion (+…
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Hip-hop Rijksmuseum Controversy
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KSA Data Issues
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Al-Issa’s Indian Sermon
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Ronaldo-Majroor crossover
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Arabic Bard
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Saudia Social Media Storm
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Online campaign for Gamal Mubarak
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Hip-hop Egypt
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NaTakallam
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Arafat Khutbah App
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Iran Apps Suspended
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Rushd App
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Fatwa Pro
Fri 27 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 16-6-2023AD -
KSA Gaming
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African Arabic
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KSA Dissident ‘Threat’
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KSA Crackdown
Wed 11 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 31-5-2023AD -
Training AI in Arabic Content
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AI Arabic
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Saudi Astronauts
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MENA Pakistan FinTech
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Egypt: Social Media on Cleopatra programme
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KSA ‘Sportswashing’ Allegations
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Hajj booking chaos
Wed 27 Shawwal 1444AH 17-5-2023AD -
Virtual Speed Dating Anybody?
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KSA Gen Z Gaming Skills
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Egypt Jails YouTuber
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Dating
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Muzz Case
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Sudan Crisis
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Salma El-Shimy
Thu 29 Ramadan 1444AH 20-4-2023AD -
AI Qur’an
Wed 28 Ramadan 1444AH 19-4-2023AD -
Haramain
Tue 27 Ramadan 1444AH 18-4-2023AD -
Egypt TV Confusion
Mon 26 Ramadan 1444AH 17-4-2023AD -
Egypt: Social Media Influencers
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Siraj
Mon 19 Ramadan 1444AH 10-4-2023AD -
KSA Huawei Move(?)
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Gargeean
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#FreeSadhan
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Ramadan Apps 2023
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LGBTQ Egypt
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Yasmin El-Rifae
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‘Saudi-Egypt Twitter war’
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Islamic Browsers
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Grindr Egypt Warning
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Research Articles: Muslim Instagram + Smartphones and Muslim…
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‘Digital Islam and Muslim Millennials’
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Motawiff
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Pakistan Online Learning App
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AI MENA Education
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Egypt Crypto Scam
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Mukaab
Wed 2 Shaban 1444AH 22-2-2023AD -
Pakistan App Ban
Mon 29 Rajab 1444AH 20-2-2023AD -
LGBTQ+ Egypt Persecution
Tue 9 Rajab 1444AH 31-1-2023AD -
Mohamed Ramadan
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هنا لندن
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Awad Al-Qarni
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KSA Dance Arrest
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‘Smart Haram’
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ArabPod
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Gaming Fatwas
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Yusuf al-Qaradawi
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KSA Imprisonment
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Saudi Arabia: Salma al-Shehab
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Twitter Agent
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TikTok Issues
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Tweet-washing
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KSA YouTube Request
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Egypt meta-kid
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Hajj portal
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Egypt Sub Cable
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Shamsaha
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Predictive Facebook
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Dashcams KSA
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Zar
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‘Belly Dance video’
Sun 30 Ramadan 1443AH 1-5-2022AD