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Thanks Raed.
<div class="">Just a further comment.</div>
<div class="">There are situations in which an email address could have mixed scripts. For instance, some ASCII TLDs allow IDN at the second level. This can bring email addresses like this one (sorry, but I do not have the skills for making a graphic representation):</div>
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<div class=""><Arabic script user>@<Arabic script SLD>.<Latin script TLD></div>
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<div class="">or maybe even:</div>
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<div class=""><Latin script user>@<Arabic script SLD>.<Latin script TLD></div>
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<div class="">Can you please describe what would happen in this case?</div>
<div class="">Thanks,</div>
<div class="">Roberto</div>
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<div class="">On 09.05.2018, at 10:55, Raed AlFayez <<a href="mailto:rfayez@citc.gov.sa" class="">rfayez@citc.gov.sa</a>> wrote:</div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Dear Andre & All,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Please allow me to resend my comments on the blog article that was shared by Andre in his last email:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Dear Andre,</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">With great interest and appreciation, I have read your posts in the UA-discuss mailing list as well as your recent</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://schappo.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/arabic-email-addresses.html" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">blog
article</span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">on how to handle
Arabic emails address in RTL and LTR context.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Your suggestion sounds good at first glance. However, it is confusing and puzzling when you look at it from the point of view of an ordinary Arabic speaking user. Hence, I have the following
comments that I would like first to share with you before posting them to the mailing list. I will be using examples to illustrate my point of view. They are demonstrated from native Arabic speaking point view.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL" style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span dir="LTR" class=""></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span dir="LTR" class=""></span>(Please note that I will be using pictures for the texts so that they will not be ruined when transferred by the email
system)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL" style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Consider my email address:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<u class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: blue;" class=""><a href="mailto:rfayez@citc.gov.sa" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">rfayez@citc.gov.sa</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">As a (normal) user I can easily make out the following (correct) assumptions regardless of the text direction:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><span class="">1.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR" class=""></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">The
user part is always to the left-side of the sign (@):<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><u class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: blue;" class="">rfayez</span></u><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><span class="">2.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR" class=""></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">The
domain name is always to the right-side of the sign (@):<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><u class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: blue;" class="">citc.gov.sa</span></u><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><span class="">3.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR" class=""></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">A
domain name is arranged in a well-defined label hierarchy where a TLD is always the rightmost label of the domain name:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><u class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: blue;" class="">.sa</span></u><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">So I will use my email address as is (</span><u class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: blue;" class=""><a href="mailto:rfayez@citc.gov.sa" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">rfayez@citc.gov.sa</a></span></u><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""> without
changing its direction or swapping between its parts. Consider the following examples where my email address is used in different text writing directions:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">As you can see, regardless of the text direction (LTR or RTL) the email address maintain its form (i.e.,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:user@domain.TLD" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">user@domain.TLD</a>).
This allows the user easily construct and deconstruct email addresses correctly without confusing and mixing up its parts. For example, the following set of examples:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:care.sa@car.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">care.sa@car.com</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:car.com@care.sa" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">car.com@care.sa</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">will be straightforwardly interpreted as follows<span dir="RTL" class=""></span><span dir="RTL" class=""></span><span dir="RTL" class=""><span dir="RTL" class=""></span><span dir="RTL" class=""></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span dir="LTR" class=""></span><span dir="LTR" class=""></span><span dir="LTR" class=""></span><span dir="LTR" class=""></span>(no
confusion whatsoever):<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">Now let us repeat the examples using an Arabic email address:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">Here a native Arabic-speaking user would make the following assumptions as well regardless of the text direction:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><span class="">1.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR" class=""></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">The
user part is always to the right-side of the sign (@):<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b class=""><span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">اندري</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><span class="">2.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR" class=""></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">The
domain name is always to the left-side of the sign (@):<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b class=""><span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">رسيل.السعودية</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><span class="">3.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR" class=""></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">A
domain name is arranged in a well-defined label hierarchy where an Arabic TLD is always the leftmost label of the domain name:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span dir="RTL" class=""></span><span dir="RTL" class=""></span><b class=""><span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span dir="RTL" class=""></span><span dir="RTL" class=""></span>.السعودية</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">Therefore, the given Arabic email address:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">should be used without changing its direction or swapping between its parts to maintain its form and hence remove any confusion or misinterpretation.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">Consider the following examples where the previous email address<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">is used in different text writing directions:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span id="cid:image005.jpg@01D3E78C.AED775B0"><image005.jpg></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">As you can see, regardless of the text direction (LTR or RTL) the email address maintain its form.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">This allows the user easily construct and deconstruct email addresses correctly without confusing and mixing up its parts. For example, the following set of examples:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></b></div>
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<b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></b></div>
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<span id="cid:image006.jpg@01D3E78C.AED775B0"><image006.jpg></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">will be straightforwardly interpreted as follows<span dir="RTL" class=""></span><span dir="RTL" class=""></span><span dir="RTL" class=""><span dir="RTL" class=""></span><span dir="RTL" class=""></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span dir="LTR" class=""></span><span dir="LTR" class=""></span><span dir="LTR" class=""></span><span dir="LTR" class=""></span>(no
confusion whatsoever):<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span id="cid:image007.jpg@01D3E78C.AED775B0"><image007.jpg></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">However, if your suggestion is followed then the above email addresses will be used as follows depending in the text direction:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span id="cid:image008.jpg@01D3E78C.AED775B0"><image008.jpg></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">and frankly this is absolutely confusing.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">As an Arabic speaker we were dealing with LTR and RTL together long time ago (far before Computers where invented) because our Arabic alphabetic is RTL while
the Arabic numbers are LTR.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">So if I want to write the following sentience in Arabic "</span><i class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">My salary
is<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><i class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 176, 80);" class="">321<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><i class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Pound</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">"
I will write it like this:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span id="cid:image009.jpg@01D3E78C.AED775B0"><image009.jpg></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Or<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;" class="">
<span id="cid:image010.jpg@01D3E78C.AED775B0"><image010.jpg></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">And<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: red;" class="">not</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: red;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">like
this:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;" class="">
<span id="cid:image011.jpg@01D3E78C.AED775B0"><image011.jpg></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Nor<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span id="cid:image012.jpg@01D3E78C.AED775B0"><image012.jpg></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Since to any Arabic user the last two images means "</span><i class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">My salary is<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><i class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: red;" class="">123<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><i class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Pound</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">"!<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Later, when computer was introduced in our region (1980s) we used to write English names within the Arabic text without chaining their direction. In other words,
if I want to write the following sentence in Arabic (without Arabizing the English names) "</span><i class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">We welcome the interest of Mr.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><i class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 176, 80);" class="">André
Schappo<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><i class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">in the Arabic language</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">"
then I will write it like this:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;" class="">
<span id="cid:image013.jpg@01D3E78C.AED775B0"><image013.jpg></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: red;" class="">not</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: red;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">like
this:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;" class="">
<span id="cid:image014.jpg@01D3E78C.AED775B0"><image014.jpg></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">And<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" class="">definitely</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">not</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">like
this:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;" class="">
<span id="cid:image015.jpg@01D3E78C.AED775B0"><image015.jpg></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Moreover, when the internet was introduced (1990s) we used to write domains and email addresses in a similar manner and as what I have explained to you in my
previous email.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">I hope that I have clarified the view of an Arabic speaker regarding your thoughts on how to handle RTL in LTR context and vice versa.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">BTW the following represent a sample of tons of examples form famous Newspapers inside the Arabic world:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: 36pt;" class="">
<a href="http://www.alriyadh.com/975687" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">http://www.alriyadh.com/975687</span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: 36pt;" class="">
<span id="cid:image016.jpg@01D3E78C.AED775B0"><image016.jpg></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: 36pt;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.albayan.ae/economy/last-deal/2011-12-09-1.1551679" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">http://www.albayan.ae/economy/last-deal/2011-12-09-1.1551679</span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span id="cid:image017.jpg@01D3E78C.AED775B0"><image017.jpg></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">
<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://aitmag.ahram.org.eg/News/38238.aspx" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">http://aitmag.ahram.org.eg/News/38238.aspx</span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">
<span id="cid:image018.jpg@01D3E78C.AED775B0"><image018.jpg></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">With best regards,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">Raed<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div>
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<a name="_MailEndCompose" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></a></div>
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<b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>UA-discuss [<a href="mailto:ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On
Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Andre Schappo<br class="">
<b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, May 08, 2018 6:49 PM<br class="">
<b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:ua-discuss@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">ua-discuss@icann.org</a><br class="">
<b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [UA-discuss] Mixing between RTL and LTR scripts<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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Time to revive a blog article which I wrote in March 2016😀 My blog article is about presentation of Arabic Email addresses<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: "MS Mincho";" class="">➜</span> <a href="http://schappo.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/arabic-email-addresses.html" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">schappo.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/arabic-email-addresses.html</a> Using
this presentation method would make components of an email address or domain name clearer even when mixing LTR and RTL<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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André Schappo<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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On 5 May 2018, at 13:03, Abdalmonem Tharwat Galila <<a href="mailto:agalila@mcit.gov.eg" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">agalila@mcit.gov.eg</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">
<o:p class=""> </o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: ArialUnicodeMS, serif;" class="">So how could any application process the domain name !! It will be RTL or LTR !!</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: ArialUnicodeMS, serif;" class="">Ex Abdo.</span><span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL" style="font-size: 10.5pt;" class="">عبدو</span><span dir="LTR" class=""></span><span dir="LTR" class=""></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: ArialUnicodeMS, serif;" class=""><span dir="LTR" class=""></span><span dir="LTR" class=""></span>.Ahmed <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: ArialUnicodeMS, serif;" class="">Where is the 1st label !!! Is it Abdo or Ahmed !!!<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: ArialUnicodeMS, serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: ArialUnicodeMS, serif;" class="">Consider if the domain name starts with RTL text !! Or RTL in the middle !!! Or at the end !!!<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: ArialUnicodeMS, serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: ArialUnicodeMS, serif;" class="">Sent from my iPhone<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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On May 5, 2018, at 11:50 AM, Andrew Sullivan <<a href="mailto:ajs@anvilwalrusden.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">ajs@anvilwalrusden.com</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: ArialUnicodeMS, serif;" class="">Hi,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: ArialUnicodeMS, serif;" class="">In the same label, it's mostly a bad idea (there's some discussion of this in the bidi document). But my point was about domain names, not individual labels. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">On May 5, 2018 04:29:05 Abdalmonem Tharwat Galila <<a href="mailto:agalila@mcit.gov.eg" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">agalila@mcit.gov.eg</span></a>>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Hi Andrew, Thanks for your below reply , I spend a lot of time try to do some mixing examples between RTL and LTR within the same label, what I got is strange and unclear<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Many issues you cannot imagine , also another thing using dot in RTL context or in LTR context will give you different labels although they must be the same.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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From: UA-discuss [<a href="mailto:ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">mailto:ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org</span></a>] On Behalf Of Andrew Sullivan<br class="">
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Cc: Ahmed Bakhat Masood (<a href="mailto:ahmedbakhat@pta.gov.pk" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">ahmedbakhat@pta.gov.pk</span></a>) <<a href="mailto:ahmedbakhat@pta.gov.pk" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">ahmedbakhat@pta.gov.pk</span></a>>;<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:ua-discuss@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">ua-discuss@icann.org</span></a>;
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Subject: Re: [UA-discuss] Mixing between RTL and LTR scripts<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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