Tackling Poetry with Python
Poetry is among the best kind of texts to be manipulated with a programming language. Most of that work lies…
Year: 2017
Digital Printing of Arabic: Mushaf Qatar
After having defined the problem, and having seen a solution, let us now familiarize ourselves with a bad example. Much…
Get Out of the Cloud
I use Dropbox and Google Drive to keep a synced backup of a handful of important files. I have noticed…
Digital Printing of Arabic: Mushaf Muscat
In this series, we will consider how Arabic is and could be represented in a digital world. Our first, and…
Keeping up with Digital Humanities
Interested in learning more about Digital Humanities? Or technology in general? How do you keep up with the latest? Here…
Digital Printing of Arabic: explaining the problem
Representing Arabic script on a computer has been problematic from the very beginning. In this series, we shall explore some…
Suleymaniye Manuscripts now come with a Watermark
I regret to inform you that when you procure digital photos of Turkish manuscripts, at least those who fall under…
Improved Keyboard Layout for Mac!
The Digital Orientalist presents… a new way of painlessly typing Arabic on a Mac! After the success of the keyboard…
What to do with “Digital Humanities”?
DH is a buzzword that many are not sure what to do about. It is in general agreed upon, by…
Explaining the cover of my new book
In before centuries, it was common for a book to have a lavishly illustrated cover which, through signs and symbols,…