Middle East Space

Universal Acceptance of Arabic Script-Based Domain Names and Email Addresses

Email Address Internationalization (EAI)

based on
Arabic Script
Motivations and Challenges

Zied BOUZIRI
IDN and EAI Motivations
 IDN and EAI Motivations

https://idnworldreport.eu/
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 Benefits of IDN and EAI

The Government Rajasthan (India) has provided all its

citizens with a free email address in either Hindi or
English,

● 69 million residents
● Make it easier for residents to engage with
government services,
● better communicate with its citizens

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 Benefits of IDN and EAI

● Several web projects for Russian

citizens to support them during
self-isolation with Cyrilic IDN.

● стопкороновирус.рф : a state
portal devoted to the daily monitor
of COVID19 situation within the
country.
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https://idnworldreport.eu/
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 https://idnworldreport.eu/

Arabic is poorly represented in every category, with less than 1% of IDN registrations.
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https://idnworldreport.eu/ 8
EAI Challenges
 A key problem for IDNs and EAI is their acceptance

https://idnworldreport.eu/ We need UA for IDN and EAI !

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 Email Address Internationalization (EAI)

https://uasg.tech/

Cyrillic characters: чебурашка@ящик-с-апельсинами.рф

Traditional Chinese characters: 我買@屋企.香港

Arabic characters : ‫ﺑﻧك‬.‫ﺻﺎﻟﺢ@ﺳﻼم‬.‫ﻋﻠﻲ‬

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Application

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Email

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 ‫‪Variant‬‬

‫ﻋﻠﻲ‪.‬ﺻﺎﻟﺢ@ﺳﻼم‪.‬ﺑﻧك‬

‫ﻋﻠﻲ‪.‬ﺻﺎﻟﺢ@ﺳﻼم‪.‬ﺑﻧﮏ‬

‫ﻋﻠﻰ‪.‬ﺻﺎﻟﺢ@ﺳﻼم‪.‬ﺑﻧﮏ‬

‫ﻋﻠﮯ‪.‬ﺻﺎﻟﺢ@ﺳﻼم‪.‬ﺑﻧﮏ‬

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 Mixing Script

Mixing scripts in the domain and/or email is confusable and

dangerous.

Example :

salem.bank@‫ﺻﺎﻟﺢ‬.‫ﻋﻠﻲ‬

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Task Force on Arabic Script IDNs

The TF-AIDN’s work includes:

● Developing rules for generating Arabic script labels, both
at the top level and second levels: LGR.
● Recommendations to UASG.
● Issues relating to character variants, associated software,
security and training.
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