.عرب

Overview

• .عرب is a proposed geo-cultural internationalized domain name (IDN) top-level domain (gTLD).
• The label translates to "Arab" and is intended for Arabic-script use.
• It was submitted under ICANN's new gTLD program and positioned as a regional/geo-cultural extension.

History

• Status: Proposed (listed as a proposed GTLD / GeoTLD).
• Registry (as listed in source): Telecommunications Regulatory Authority UAE.
• The application for .عرب was submitted to ICANN by the League of Arab States.
• In 2009 the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) publicly supported the bid and offered to assist any approved entity, including acting as a temporary operational entity if needed.
• The project has been associated with the IT ministries of Bahrain and the UAE and the Arab Telecommunications and Information Council of Ministers.

Usage and Audience

• Intended audience: Arabic-speaking communities and organizations with a regional/geo-cultural focus on the Arab world.
• Positioning: a culturally specific Arabic-script equivalent of the ASCII label .arab, intended to serve entities seeking an Arabic-language, regionally identified namespace.

Notable Cases or Examples

• The .عرب project is explicitly linked to a separate .arab bid; .عرب is presented as the Arabic IDN equivalent of .arab.

About the League of Arab States

• The League of Arab States (LAS) is an organization of 22 member states across North/Northeast Africa and Southwest Asia (the Arab region).
• Its objectives include coordinating economic, political, cultural, health and social welfare, and communications activities among member states and protecting their sovereignty and interests.
• Original members included Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, Yemen, Lebanon, Transjordan (Jordan), and Syria.
• The source names Dr. Nabil El Araby as the Secretary General (as stated in the extracted content).

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domain:       عرب
domain-ace:   XN--NGBRX

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:     37096 8 1 71bd52e2a76beef79d624f5294c98588f940402c
ds-rdata:     37096 8 2 dd05b598b64707491e63a742d3e61edbb57091b5b93c8e0d65422595ad255ad4

whois:        whois.nic.xn--ngbrx

status:       ACTIVE
remarks:      Registration information: 

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