Issue 01 . June 2026Loose change. Sharp eyes.

language.

3 pieces filed under language

TechnologyJul 1
The Race to Build Arabic Intelligence. Souk Weekly technology.

The Race to Build Arabic Intelligence

New models trained to truly understand Arabic promise a technology that finally speaks the region's language

By Priya Chen

TechnologyJun 29
The Arabic Keyboard and the Small Frictions of a Digital Language. Souk Weekly technology.

The Arabic Keyboard and the Small Frictions of a Digital Language

Typing, search, and autocorrect were built for other scripts first, and the daily frictions still shape how Arabic lives online

By Marcus Okafor

TechnologyJun 28
Arabic-First AI and the Politics of the Language Model. Souk Weekly technology.

Arabic-First AI and the Politics of the Language Model

Building a model that thinks in Arabic first is technical, cultural, and political all at once

By Diego Arroyo