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This project has the objective of enhancing the Wikipedia coverage of two important areas: 1) population genetics topics in Arabic and 2) Islamic culture in English.

1) Population Genetics: Although a wide range of topics in population/quantitative genetics are well documented in English Wikipedia, there is a need for more representation when it comes to population/quantitative genetics in Arabic Wikipedia.

2) Islamic Culture: Many important figures, events, and stories from Islamic history are absent in Wikipedia.


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Articles to Create

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  • Names of God in Islam (in English)

1) Al-Ḥayy checkY

2) Al-Aḥad checkY

3) Al-Khaliq checkY

4) Al-Bari' checkY

5) Al-Muṣawwir checkY

6) Al-Qahhar checkY


  • Figures

1) Rebi’i bin Aamer Al-Tamimi checkY

2) Abdur-Rahman al-Mu'allimee al-Yamani checkY

3) Hamad Al-Ansari checkY

4) Aghawat checkY

Articles to Improve

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1) Names of God in Islam checkY


Articles to Translate

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  • Population Genetics

1) Genetic variance to Arabic checkY

2) Epistasis to Arabic checkY


Sources

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  • DiscoverEd

Arabic Sources:

  • Al-Sharekh Archive (an archive of Arabic magazines dating back to the early 1900s)

https://archive.alsharekh.org/

  • Al-Shamela (an archive of many arabic books, mainly islamic books)

https://shamela.ws/

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