Reema Saffarini reports on the problems students face when they shift from Arabic-medium schools to English-medium universities. Reema Saffarini reports on the problems students face when they shift ...

At GITEX 2025 Dubai, iFLYTEK launched AINOTE 2—billed as the world’s thinnest E-ink tablet—and real-time ...

The UAE is leading efforts to future-proof the Arabic language using AI, with projects like the 20-million-word GPT-powered Historical Dictionary, the AI-driven Arabic-English dictionary, and Falcon ...

I could hear my mother giggling from the living room. “It is when you’re an Arab in America, Mama.” I may have been 12 or 13 years old when this conversation took place, even though my skilful word ...

IT is considered quite normal for languages to borrow words from other languages. When a language takes words from other languages, these “new arrivals” are usually called borrowings or loan words.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...