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DHINAR "Digital Humanities in Arabic"

Mohamed Habib a scholar studying Digital Huminities at Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna has just created DHINAR, the first Digital journal in Arabic language for Digital Humanities.

"Very pleased to launch the first Digital journal in Arabic language for Digital Humanities DHINAR "Digital Humanities in Arabic".

Our goal is to enrich the Arabic content of digital humanities by creating a community for Arab digital humanists, students, and for the practitioners as well. The most important value of this project is to achieve the knowledge equality. The people who are interested in the digital domain, especially the digital human heritage are welcome to join the community! "

يسرني أن اعلن عن اطلاق أول مجلة رقمية باللغة العربية مخصصة للعلوم الإنسانية الرقمية تهدف الى إثراء المحتوى العربي للعلوم الإنسانية الرقمية من خلال إنشاء مجتمع للباحثين في المجال الرقمي والطلاب والممارسين الرقميين العرب. وتعد القيمة الأهم لهذا المشروع هي تحقيق المساواة في المعرفة. الاشخاص المهتمين بالمجال الرقمي وخاصة التراث الانساني الرقمي مرحب بهم للانضمام والمشاركة في اثراء المحتوي.

Mohamed Habib

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