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
Category: Software
Creating a Digital Timeline
By James Harry Morris Digital timelines can be useful not only as teaching resources, but as part of a presentation, as … Continue reading Creating a Digital Timeline
Making online interactive maps with Leaflet (Part 1)
If you study or teach humanities and social sciences and are interested in digital tools, you have probably heard of … Continue reading Making online interactive maps with Leaflet (Part 1)
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☝️
Why Shamila? Arabic Libraries on your Computer
The most famous Arabic digital library (both online and on computer) is al-Shamila. It contains roughly 7260 Arabic books (when this … Continue reading Why Shamila? Arabic Libraries on your Computer
Apps for Learning Cursive Japanese
By James Harry Morris Learning how to read cursive Japanese script (or alternatively cursive Chinese script) is one of the … Continue reading Apps for Learning Cursive Japanese
Running Windows software on Mac
Many people in universities have a Mac. Yet, the world still for the most part runs on Windows. This can … Continue reading Running Windows software on Mac
Improved Keyboard Layout for Mac!
The Digital Orientalist presents… a new way of painlessly typing Arabic on a Mac! After the success of the keyboard … Continue reading Improved Keyboard Layout for Mac!
The future of document scanning: we are not there yet
Evernote’s new automatic document scanner is an interesting look at how we will be able to scan text materials with … Continue reading The future of document scanning: we are not there yet
Reading on a Phone
Carrying a smartphone has made my tablet obsolete. Digital reading has two main modes; plain text or PDF. Plain text … Continue reading Reading on a Phone
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