July 2009 - Posts

Your Maren story
22 July 09 03:56 PM | mashour | 4 Comments   

“So, tonight is the big game, my team has finally made it to the finals. I feel like inviting some of my friends over to watch the game together. I fire up my email client and invite them to my place. I note down some additional items in my todo list Read More...

Filed under: Arabic Keyboard, Microsoft Maren, Arabic Transliteration, Franco Arab, Arabizi, Arabish, Maren

Ahlan waSahlan fi 3alam Maren
13 July 09 11:32 AM | mashour | 6 Comments   

Maren converts Romanized Arabic, i.e Arabic text written through Roman characters, into Arabic script as you type. And hence you as a writer/author will be able to send your thoughts in Arabic-script-Arabic instead of Romanized-Arabic, and your recipients Read More...

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World, meet Microsoft Maren
01 July 09 10:44 AM | mashour | 7 Comments   

Saba7 El 7'eir At some point back in the early nineties seeing the above words on a PC screen would have caused me to stop and worry I might have a file corruption. Today, I see such Romanized Arabic words everyday on TV, on my PC or mobile, on advertising Read More...

Filed under: Arabic Keyboard, Microsoft Maren, Arabic Transliteration, Franco Arab, Arabizi, Arabish, Maren