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Category: Islamic Languages

Your first computed visualization, or, how to use Python to understand the reception of Bukhari and Muslim Hadith collections
DH in Practice, Islamic Languages, Visualization

Your first computed visualization, or, how to use Python to understand the reception of Bukhari and Muslim Hadith collections

There comes a time when using Word or PowerPoint or Excel is not going to be enough to create a … Continue reading Your first computed visualization, or, how to use Python to understand the reception of Bukhari and Muslim Hadith collections

Automatic Arabic Translation Using Google: A Test
Digitization, Islamic Languages, Islamic Studies, OCR, Online Resources

Automatic Arabic Translation Using Google: A Test

Several months ago a rather interesting blog post was brought to my attention. This was a post by Christopher Rose … Continue reading Automatic Arabic Translation Using Google: A Test

Deciphering Ottoman Turkish Manuscripts with LexiQamus
Islamic Languages, Online Resources, Ottoman Studies

Deciphering Ottoman Turkish Manuscripts with LexiQamus

Sometimes it takes days or even weeks to be able to read and decipher a word in manuscripts. This problem, … Continue reading Deciphering Ottoman Turkish Manuscripts with LexiQamus

Some Thoughts on Databases
DH in General, Islamic Languages, Islamic Studies, Online Resources

Some Thoughts on Databases

The state of semi-lockdown in Japan, and with the universities and their libraries all closed, has allowed me some time … Continue reading Some Thoughts on Databases

Some Thoughts about Arabic-Script OCR
DH in General, Islamic Languages, Islamic Studies, OCR

Some Thoughts about Arabic-Script OCR

Recently, as a result of my current research project —an edition and translation of al-Maqrizi’s fifteenth-century chronicle al-Suluk for the Ayyubid period … Continue reading Some Thoughts about Arabic-Script OCR

Some notes on the usability of the Zotero Reference Manager for Historical Research
DH in General, Islamic Languages, Islamic Studies, Software, Workflow

Some notes on the usability of the Zotero Reference Manager for Historical Research

This post was written by guest contributor Jasper Bernhofer. Bernhofer received a Bachelor’s Degree in Middle Eastern Studies and Philosophy … Continue reading Some notes on the usability of the Zotero Reference Manager for Historical Research

The Doha Historical Dictionary of Arabic
Islamic Languages, Online Resources, Software

The Doha Historical Dictionary of Arabic

In 2013 the Arabic Center for Research and Politics Studies lunched an ambitious ongoing program to build an Arabic Historical Dictionary. … Continue reading The Doha Historical Dictionary of Arabic

Never Trust Al-Shamila Search Results☝️
Islamic Languages, Islamic Studies, Online Resources, Software

Never Trust Al-Shamila Search Results☝️

In this post our Arabo-Islamic Studies editor Maxim digs deeper into searching full-text Arabic corpora, comparing Shamela with Elkirtasse. He shows us … Continue reading Never Trust Al-Shamila Search Results☝️

Digital Printing of Arabic: The Problem Revisited
Islamic Languages, Islamic Studies

Digital Printing of Arabic: The Problem Revisited

In this post I will respond to some points raised by Titus Nemeth. I already discussed his rhetoric so I … Continue reading Digital Printing of Arabic: The Problem Revisited

Digital Printing of Arabic: Mushaf Qatar
Islamic Languages, Islamic Studies, Online Resources

Digital Printing of Arabic: Mushaf Qatar

After having defined the problem, and having seen a solution, let us now familiarize ourselves with a bad example. Much … Continue reading Digital Printing of Arabic: Mushaf Qatar

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