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A List Apart, in Arabic: Q&A with the Creators

Written by jessica. Posted on January 19, 2010. Filed under Tech & the Arabic Language, Web Design & Development. Tagged , , , , , , , , . 1 Comment.
A post from Arabic A List Apart with an illustration by Maya Zankoul
This week saw the launch of Arabic A List Apart, an official version of the standard-setting A List Apart Magazine, which has been exploring “the design, development, and meaning of web content” for more than a decade. The Arabic version was spearheaded by the team of Mohammad Saleh Kayali (editor), Beshr Kayali (web development and [...]

A response from Google

Written by jessica. Posted on September 23, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , . No comments.
So this weekend I wrote Google to ask why they don’t allow computer users in Syria to download Chrome. Here’s what they said: “In accordance with US export controls and economic sanctions regulations, we are unable to permit the download of Google Chrome in Syria.” This didn’t exactly answer all my questions. So I asked again, where [...]

Google doesn’t allow Chrome browser in Syria?

Written by jessica. Posted on September 21, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized. Tagged , , . No comments.
I read in Joshua Landis’s Syria Comment today that “Google has blocked the use of its new web-browser, “Chrome”, in Syria.” A tiny bit more searching brought me to Global Voices and a link to a post from Yaser Sadeq in Syria, who tried to download the browser and got an error message, but then learned [...]