.arab

Overview

.arab is a proposed geo-cultural generic top-level domain (gTLD) intended to represent the Arab community online. The bid is associated with Arab governments and regional telecom bodies and is linked to the Arabic IDN equivalent .عرب.

History

• Status: Proposed gTLD (GeoTLD subtype).
• Applicant/Manager: The League of Arab States is the applicant and proposed manager for the string.
• Registry association: The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the United Arab Emirates is identified as the registry entity in application material.
• Associations: The project has been associated with IT ministries of Bahrain and the UAE and the Arab Telecommunications and Information Council of Ministers.
• International support: The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) expressed support for the bid and offered assistance, including acting as a temporary operational entity if needed.
• IDN linkage: The project is linked to the Arabic-script IDN equivalent, .عرب.

Usage and Audience

• Intended community: The TLD is aimed at the Arab-speaking community and entities within the territories of the League of Arab States' member states.
• Typical registrants (per application):
  • Undertakings with a registered office, central administration, or principal place of business within the defined community;
  • Organizations established within the community;
  • Natural persons resident within the community;
  • Any of the above that associate a contact who is residing or established in the community.
• Definition: The League defines "Arab" as "a person whose language is Arabic, who lives in an Arabic speaking country, who is in sympathy with the aspirations of the Arabic speaking people."

Registration Rules

• Registration channel: The Registry will register domain names in one or both Arab TLDs through any registrar requested by eligible applicants.
• Eligibility criteria (excerpted from application):
  1. Undertakings having their registered office, central administration, or principal place of business within the Community;
  2. Organizations established within the Community (subject to national law);
  3. Natural persons resident within the Community;
  4. Any of the above where one of the contacts relating to the domain registration is residing or established in the Community.
• Geographic scope: The term "Community" is defined to include the territories of the Member States of the League of Arab States.
• Community TLD filing: Although the application uses community-oriented eligibility language, the string was not filed as a Community TLD.

Notable Details

• Single applicant: The League of Arab States was the sole applicant for the .arab string in the new gTLD program.
• Operational contingency: The ITU offered to assist approved entities and to act temporarily as an operational entity if the League needed time to establish its own registry operations.

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domain:       ARAB

organisation: League of Arab States
address:      General Secretariat for the League of Arab States, Tahrir Square, P.O.Box 11642
address:      Cairo
address:      Egypt

contact:      administrative
name:         Khaled Fouda
organisation: League of Arab States
address:      General Secretariat for the League of Arab States, Tahrir Square, P.O.Box 11642
address:      Cairo
address:      Egypt
phone:        +20227738092
e-mail:       atldsecondary@las.int

contact:      technical
name:         Manager Systems, ae Domain Administration
organisation: Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of UAE
address:      Al Waheeda street Al Memzar
address:      P.O.Box 116688
address:      Dubai
address:      United Arab Emirates (the)
phone:        +97147774018
e-mail:       gtldsupport@aeda.ae

nserver:      GTLD.ALPHA.ARIDNS.NET.AU 2001:dcd:1:0:0:0:0:10 37.209.192.10
nserver:      GTLD.BETA.ARIDNS.NET.AU 2001:dcd:2:0:0:0:0:10 37.209.194.10
nserver:      GTLD.DELTA.ARIDNS.NET.AU 2001:dcd:4:0:0:0:0:10 37.209.198.10
nserver:      GTLD.GAMMA.ARIDNS.NET.AU 2001:dcd:3:0:0:0:0:10 37.209.196.10
ds-rdata:     20671 8 1 a3cc3ad421ec53930b28b255900f9f005c881ae7
ds-rdata:     20671 8 2 164f98c3ddc5c95932ed38afc1eac629b8b10484598dd6b3d288c6bd95778730

whois:        whois.nic.arab

status:       ACTIVE
remarks:      Registration information: 

created:      2017-05-11
changed:      2020-05-14
source:       IANA