“I can go on and on about the linguistic beauty of the Arabic language, just like any of its aficionados,” says Nawaf Felemban. “But my connection to it is much deeper than that. Arabic defines my childhood and my memories: it’s how my mother sounds; it’s my father’s repetitive advice; it’s the little fights with my brother.”
Felemban, the chief executive and founder of Arabic language platform Kasra, is concerned. And with good reason. Arabic is struggling in an online world dominated by English.
“Languages everywhere are dying,” wrote James Temperton in Wired late last year. “It is estimated that one language is driven to extinction every 14 days – and tha
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