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What’s in (an Arabic) Name?

June 1st, 2013 · No Comments · Journalism, The National, UAE

Remember Muammar/Moammar Qaddafi/Gaddafi/Khadafi? Same guy. Multiple ways of spelling his name in various major media. And he was famous, as the dictator who ruled Libya for four decades. Figuring out how to render names in the Arab world is very difficult for the non-Arabic speaking media. Also, deciding which of each person’s several names to […]

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