https://arabtronics.com/en/blog Essays and notes on the Arabic language, computing, and hardware. en Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:51:59 GMT https://arabtronics.com/en/blog/why-arabtronics https://arabtronics.com/en/blog/why-arabtronics Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Forty years of writing software in English, and a language slipping away from the machine. Why I started Arabtronics. https://arabtronics.com/en/blog/arabic-2-0-cultural-identity-ai https://arabtronics.com/en/blog/arabic-2-0-cultural-identity-ai Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT A talk for the Arab and Muslim Students Society at the University of Oregon on Arabic and technology, with a recorded presentation and downloads. https://arabtronics.com/en/blog/computers-in-developing-nations-1977 https://arabtronics.com/en/blog/computers-in-developing-nations-1977 Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT A 1977 cautionary tale about computing in developing nations, and why programmers resisted Arabic compilers in the 1970s. https://arabtronics.com/en/blog/personal-computing-in-japan-1978 https://arabtronics.com/en/blog/personal-computing-in-japan-1978 Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT An interview with Professor Haruisha Ishida on computers entering Japanese industry in the 1970s, and what the Arab market can learn from it. https://arabtronics.com/en/blog/oldest-personal-computer-arabic-letters https://arabtronics.com/en/blog/oldest-personal-computer-arabic-letters Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT A 1977 ROM magazine clipping showing a personal computer displaying colored Arabic letters — possibly the oldest of its kind. https://arabtronics.com/en/blog/retro-arab-web https://arabtronics.com/en/blog/retro-arab-web Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT A tour of the Arab web in the 1990s, and a project to bring those sites back through the Internet Archive. https://arabtronics.com/en/blog/al-computer-and-electronics-magazine https://arabtronics.com/en/blog/al-computer-and-electronics-magazine Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT A visual archive of covers from Lebanon’s Al-Computer and Electronics magazine, one of the Arab world’s first computing publications. https://arabtronics.com/en/blog/brief-history-of-the-arabic-computer https://arabtronics.com/en/blog/brief-history-of-the-arabic-computer Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT An overview of fifty years of Arabic-supporting computers, from the IBM 1401 to the smartphone. https://arabtronics.com/en/blog/about-the-arabic-computer-site https://arabtronics.com/en/blog/about-the-arabic-computer-site Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT About the Arabic Computer site: its research goals, its Arabic-first vision, and its content license.