1.   Among the outstanding works is an installation, based on the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, by Mahdi Moutachar, an Iraqi artist living in Paris.

2.   Even the younger students learn the Arabic alphabet, and older students memorize entire Surahs, or chapters, of the Koran, Hamidullah says.

3.   She beckoned for it, wrote the Arabic alphabet on her palm and displayed her work with the pride of a schoolgirl before handing the pen back.

4.   U.S. officials admit the pitfalls of transliterating names from the Arabic alphabet to the Roman alphabet of English have caused inconsistencies and problems.

5.   With the knowledge, we can gain access to numerous languages which use or adapt the Arabic alphabets.

6.   Abandoning the Arabic alphabet, he endorsed the Latin one for Turkish and adopted family names for Turks.