Building with a Future Vernacular | Wael Al Awar

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How Technology Is Changing the Arabic Language Forever | Prof. Nizar Habash

Language serves as the vital intersection of cultural identity and technological innovation, yet the rapid rise of AI reveals a significant representation gap for the nearly many million ways the Arab world communicates. Professor Nizar Habash, a computer science professor and di ...  Show more

History of the British Raj in the Arabian Gulf | Prof. James Onley

Imperialism was a masterclass in maintaining the fiction of autonomy while quietly acquiring the assets of an empire. Professor James Onley, chair of Gulf and Arab Studies at the American University of Sharjah, dissects the sophisticated loopholes used by colonial powers to exert ...  Show more

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