Egypt launches Arabic web domain Posted by Adel Mubarak , Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 1:21 PM, in Labels: IntGov

Egypt will open the world's first Arabic language internet domain ..

Dr. Tarek Kamel said the new domain name would be ".masr" written in the Arabic alphabet.
It translates as ".Egypt".

"It is a great moment for us... The internet now speaks Arabic," Dr. Kamel said.

Last month, internet regulator Icann voted to allow non-Latin web addresses. Domain names can now be written in Arabic, Chinese and other scripts.

He said the new domain would "offer new avenues for innovation, investment and growth" in the Arabic-speaking world.