Egypt Launches Worlds First Arabic Domain

Egypt are prepared to launch the worlds first Arabic web domain, in a stunning move that will open the web up to several more languages and possible domains, the communications minister has stated.

Tarek Kamel, Egypt’s communications minister, has stated that the new domain will end in .masr in the Arabic language, which translates as .Egypt. He says that “it is a great moment for [Egypt]… The internet now speaks Arabic”. He added that the move will “offer new avenues for innovation, investment and growth”. Registration for said addresses will begin at 0000 on Tuesday, after a formal announcement stating the move.

This was made possible due to a move by internet regulations authority Icann to allow non-latin domain names containing special characters. Domains will soon be allowed in other languages such as Chinese or Japanese.