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By Jr Raphael , PC World , 12/22/2008

Sponsored by:

The Internet's been around in some form for decades. It wasn't until the mid-1980s, though, that the Web as we know it started coming together -- and those precious dot-com domains started getting snatched up.

---

Take a quiz to see how much of techie you were in the 1980s.

---

As we finish out the tech-centric year of 2008, we thought we'd take a look back at the Internet's oldest commercial Web sites -- the ones registered back when chatting about "the Net" was as socially acceptable as wearing Jedi garb into a crowded nightclub. So grab your light sabers, dear friends -- we're boarding the Millennium Falcon and heading back to a virtual galaxy far, far away.

The Internet's First Dot-Com

Let me set the scene for you: The year was 1985. MS-DOS 3.0 was the PC operating system of choice, most commonly run on the top-selling Tandy 1000 personal computer.

Related Content

A newly formed company called Dell was getting ready to release its first machine, the "Turbo PC." The Commodore Amiga 1000 was also about to hit the market.

That same spring, the first dot-com domain was registered with the sale of symbolics.com on March 15, 1985. The site belonged to a computer manufacturer known for its Open Genera Lisp and Macsyma computer algebra systems.

Symbolics declared bankruptcy in the early 90s but is still under operation with new owners. That means symbolics.com is the Internet's oldest still-functioning dot-com domain -- and, I must say, it still looks like it was designed in 1985.

Other highlights: Some of the other early dot-coms are domains we know well. The ninth recorded registration went to hp.com on March 3, 1986. IBM bought its domain a couple of weeks later. AT&T followed in April, and Apple joined the club after another year. Unfortunately, the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine only goes back to the mid-90s, but even in 1997, you can see how relatively low-tech apple.com looked compared with the snazzy standards we enjoy today.

Some other noteworthy notches on the dot-com timeline that didn't make the first 100: Microsoft bought microsoft.com in May 1991; PC World entered the online world in April '92; Yahoo reserved its dot-com home in January of 1995; and Google grabbed google.com in September 1997.

As a heads-up, one conspicuous omission that may catch your eye: anything remotely pornographic. (Those 2400 BPS modems didn't make for great image transmission.) Allow me to satisfy your curiosity, though: Sex.com first surfaced in 1994. Porn.com came into existence about a year later.

The Full List

All right, prurient interests addressed, ready to check out the full list of dot-com pioneers? Brace yourself, and dig in.

1. symbolics.com: March 15, 1985

2. bbn.com: April 24, 1985

3. think.com: May 24, 1985

Related Content

4. mcc.com: July 11, 1985

5. dec.com: September 30, 1985

6. northrop.com: November 7, 1985

7. xerox.com: January 9, 1986

8. sri.com: January 17, 1986

9. hp.com: March 3, 1986

10. bellcore.com: March 5, 1986

11. ibm.com: March 19, 1986

12. sun.com: March 19, 1986

13. intel.com: March 25, 1986

14. ti.com: March 25, 1986

15. att.com: April 25, 1986

16. gmr.com: May 8, 1986

17. tek.com: May 8, 1986

18. fmc.com: July 10, 1986

19. ub.com: July 10, 1986

20. bell-atl.com: August 5, 1986

21. ge.com: August 5, 1986

22. grebyn.com: August 5, 1986

23. isc.com: August 5, 1986

24. nsc.com: August 5, 1986

25. stargate.com: August 5, 1986

26. boeing.com: September 2, 1986

27. itcorp.com: September 18, 1986

28. siemens.com: September 29, 1986

29. pyramid.com: October 18, 1986

30. alphacdc.com: October 27, 1986

31. bdm.com: October 27, 1986

32. fluke.com: October 27, 1986

33. inmet.com: October 27, 1986

34. kesmai.com: October 27, 1986

35. mentor.com: October 27, 1986

36. nec.com: October 27, 1986

37. ray.com: October 27, 1986

38. rosemount.com: October 27, 1986

39. vortex.com: October 27, 1986

40. alcoa.com: November 5, 1986

41. gte.com: November 5, 1986

42. adobe.com: November 17, 1986

43. amd.com: November 17, 1986

44. das.com: November 17, 1986

45. data-io.com: November 17, 1986

46. octopus.com: November 17, 1986

47. portal.com: November 17, 1986

48. teltone.com: November 17, 1986

49. 3com.com: December 11, 1986

50. amdahl.com: December 11, 1986

51. ccur.com: December 11, 1986

52. ci.com: December 11, 1986

53. convergent.com: December 11, 1986

54. dg.com: December 11, 1986

55. peregrine.com: December 11, 1986

56. quad.com: December 11, 1986

57. sq.com: December 11, 1986

58. tandy.com: December 11, 1986

59. tti.com: December 11, 1986

60. unisys.com: December 11, 1986

61. cgi.com: January 19, 1987

62. cts.com: January 19, 1987

63. spdcc.com: January 19, 1987

64. apple.com: February 19, 1987

65. nma.com: March 4, 1987

66. prime.com: March 4, 1987

67. philips.com: April 4, 1987

68. datacube.com: April 23, 1987

69. kai.com: April 23, 1987

70. tic.com: April 23, 1987

71. vine.com: April 23, 1987

72. ncr.com: April 30, 1987

73. cisco.com: May 14, 1987

74. rdl.com: May 14, 1987

75. slb.com: May 20, 1987

76. parcplace.com: May 27, 1987

77. utc.com: May 27, 1987

78. ide.com: June 26, 1987

79. trw.com: July 9, 1987

80. unipress.com: July 13, 1987

81. dupont.com: July 27, 1987

82. lockheed.com: July 27, 1987

83. rosetta.com: July 28, 1987

84. toad.com: August 18, 1987

85. quick.com: August 31, 1987

86. allied.com: September 3, 1987

87. dsc.com: September 3, 1987

88. sco.com: September 3, 1987

89. gene.com: September 22, 1987

90. kccs.com: September 22, 1987

91. spectra.com: September 22, 1987

92. wlk.com: September 22, 1987

93. mentat.com: September 30, 1987

94. wyse.com: October 14, 1987

95. cfg.com: November 2, 1987

96. marble.com: November 9, 1987

97. cayman.com: November 16, 1987

98. entity.com: November 16, 1987

99. ksr.com: November 24, 1987

100. nynexst.com: November 30, 1987

(Domain record data provided by iWhoIs.com)

For more PC news, visit PC World. Story copyright PC World Communications, Inc.

 

By Jr Raphael , PC World , 12/22/2008

Sponsored by:

The Internet's been around in some form for decades. It wasn't until the mid-1980s, though, that the Web as we know it started coming together -- and those precious dot-com domains started getting snatched up.

---

Take a quiz to see how much of techie you were in the 1980s.

---

As we finish out the tech-centric year of 2008, we thought we'd take a look back at the Internet's oldest commercial Web sites -- the ones registered back when chatting about "the Net" was as socially acceptable as wearing Jedi garb into a crowded nightclub. So grab your light sabers, dear friends -- we're boarding the Millennium Falcon and heading back to a virtual galaxy far, far away.

The Internet's First Dot-Com

Let me set the scene for you: The year was 1985. MS-DOS 3.0 was the PC operating system of choice, most commonly run on the top-selling Tandy 1000 personal computer.

Related Content

A newly formed company called Dell was getting ready to release its first machine, the "Turbo PC." The Commodore Amiga 1000 was also about to hit the market.

That same spring, the first dot-com domain was registered with the sale of symbolics.com on March 15, 1985. The site belonged to a computer manufacturer known for its Open Genera Lisp and Macsyma computer algebra systems.

Symbolics declared bankruptcy in the early 90s but is still under operation with new owners. That means symbolics.com is the Internet's oldest still-functioning dot-com domain -- and, I must say, it still looks like it was designed in 1985.

Other highlights: Some of the other early dot-coms are domains we know well. The ninth recorded registration went to hp.com on March 3, 1986. IBM bought its domain a couple of weeks later. AT&T followed in April, and Apple joined the club after another year. Unfortunately, the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine only goes back to the mid-90s, but even in 1997, you can see how relatively low-tech apple.com looked compared with the snazzy standards we enjoy today.

Some other noteworthy notches on the dot-com timeline that didn't make the first 100: Microsoft bought microsoft.com in May 1991; PC World entered the online world in April '92; Yahoo reserved its dot-com home in January of 1995; and Google grabbed google.com in September 1997.

As a heads-up, one conspicuous omission that may catch your eye: anything remotely pornographic. (Those 2400 BPS modems didn't make for great image transmission.) Allow me to satisfy your curiosity, though: Sex.com first surfaced in 1994. Porn.com came into existence about a year later.

The Full List

All right, prurient interests addressed, ready to check out the full list of dot-com pioneers? Brace yourself, and dig in.

1. symbolics.com: March 15, 1985

2. bbn.com: April 24, 1985

3. think.com: May 24, 1985

Related Content

4. mcc.com: July 11, 1985

5. dec.com: September 30, 1985

6. northrop.com: November 7, 1985

7. xerox.com: January 9, 1986

8. sri.com: January 17, 1986

9. hp.com: March 3, 1986

10. bellcore.com: March 5, 1986

11. ibm.com: March 19, 1986

12. sun.com: March 19, 1986

13. intel.com: March 25, 1986

14. ti.com: March 25, 1986

15. att.com: April 25, 1986

16. gmr.com: May 8, 1986

17. tek.com: May 8, 1986

18. fmc.com: July 10, 1986

19. ub.com: July 10, 1986

20. bell-atl.com: August 5, 1986

21. ge.com: August 5, 1986

22. grebyn.com: August 5, 1986

23. isc.com: August 5, 1986

24. nsc.com: August 5, 1986

25. stargate.com: August 5, 1986

26. boeing.com: September 2, 1986

27. itcorp.com: September 18, 1986

28. siemens.com: September 29, 1986

29. pyramid.com: October 18, 1986

30. alphacdc.com: October 27, 1986

31. bdm.com: October 27, 1986

32. fluke.com: October 27, 1986

33. inmet.com: October 27, 1986

34. kesmai.com: October 27, 1986

35. mentor.com: October 27, 1986

36. nec.com: October 27, 1986

37. ray.com: October 27, 1986

38. rosemount.com: October 27, 1986

39. vortex.com: October 27, 1986

40. alcoa.com: November 5, 1986

41. gte.com: November 5, 1986

42. adobe.com: November 17, 1986

43. amd.com: November 17, 1986

44. das.com: November 17, 1986

45. data-io.com: November 17, 1986

46. octopus.com: November 17, 1986

47. portal.com: November 17, 1986

48. teltone.com: November 17, 1986

49. 3com.com: December 11, 1986

50. amdahl.com: December 11, 1986

51. ccur.com: December 11, 1986

52. ci.com: December 11, 1986

53. convergent.com: December 11, 1986

54. dg.com: December 11, 1986

55. peregrine.com: December 11, 1986

56. quad.com: December 11, 1986

57. sq.com: December 11, 1986

58. tandy.com: December 11, 1986

59. tti.com: December 11, 1986

60. unisys.com: December 11, 1986

61. cgi.com: January 19, 1987

62. cts.com: January 19, 1987

63. spdcc.com: January 19, 1987

64. apple.com: February 19, 1987

65. nma.com: March 4, 1987

66. prime.com: March 4, 1987

67. philips.com: April 4, 1987

68. datacube.com: April 23, 1987

69. kai.com: April 23, 1987

70. tic.com: April 23, 1987

71. vine.com: April 23, 1987

72. ncr.com: April 30, 1987

73. cisco.com: May 14, 1987

74. rdl.com: May 14, 1987

75. slb.com: May 20, 1987

76. parcplace.com: May 27, 1987

77. utc.com: May 27, 1987

78. ide.com: June 26, 1987

79. trw.com: July 9, 1987

80. unipress.com: July 13, 1987

81. dupont.com: July 27, 1987

82. lockheed.com: July 27, 1987

83. rosetta.com: July 28, 1987

84. toad.com: August 18, 1987

85. quick.com: August 31, 1987

86. allied.com: September 3, 1987

87. dsc.com: September 3, 1987

88. sco.com: September 3, 1987

89. gene.com: September 22, 1987

90. kccs.com: September 22, 1987

91. spectra.com: September 22, 1987

92. wlk.com: September 22, 1987

93. mentat.com: September 30, 1987

94. wyse.com: October 14, 1987

95. cfg.com: November 2, 1987

96. marble.com: November 9, 1987

97. cayman.com: November 16, 1987

98. entity.com: November 16, 1987

99. ksr.com: November 24, 1987

100. nynexst.com: November 30, 1987

(Domain record data provided by iWhoIs.com)

For more PC news, visit PC World. Story copyright PC World Communications, Inc.

To all of my readers, friends, and family……: )

تضمن العدد الجديد من مجلة الفضائيات (جود نيوز تي في) قائمة تضم اختيار القراء لعشر قنوات يرونها هابطة في الوطن العربي. وتحديداً بين القنوات التي تبث على القمر الصناعي نايل سات¡ وجاء هذا الاستطلاع نتيجة المؤتمرات واللقاءات التي تعقد كل فترة لمواجهة الآثار السلبية للعديد من الفضائيات على الجمهور خصوصاً الشباب¡ لكن تلك المؤتمرات لم تعلن حتى الآن عن أسماء قنوات ويظل المتحدثون فيها يتناولون المضمون الهابط بشكل عام.

جود نيوز تي في) في عددها الصادر في أبريل الماضي تحت شعار (شاهد ما تريد)توجهت للجمهور وأساتذة الإعلام لسؤالهم عن معني القنوات الهابطة¡ وما هي أبرزها بالنسبة لهم¡ وطرق مواجهة هذه القنوات¡ ومدى موافقة الجمهور على الفتوى الشهيرة بقتل أصحاب الفضائيات الهابطة .

وجاءت نتائج الاستطلاع المنشورة في عدد ديسمبر 2008 كالتالي: أكثر من 78 % من المشاركين رأوا أن القناة الهابطة هي التي تعرض كليبات أو مواد يغلب عليها الطابع الجنسي¡ والتي تعتمد على مسابقات الأسئلة الساذجة من تقديم فتيات فقط¡ والتي تقدم مواد تعارض قيم المجتمع¡ وهذه النسبة اختارت كل الإجابات المطروحة في استمارة الاستطلاع .

أما أراء أساتذة الإعلام والاجتماع فعرفت القناة الهابطة بأنها "تهبط بالمجتمع وبالذوق العام سواء كان بصريا أو سمعيا أو فكريا¡ وهي القناة التي تعود بالناس إلى الوراء مركزة على التراث المهجور كالتراث الديني المهجور إذ تستدعي الأحكام والشريعة والتفسيرات المهجورة والغريبة والمشكوك فيها وتضفيها على السطح معتبرة ذلك هو المقياس لتقييم الناس والمجتمع ¡ وهى التي تعتمد على التلقين أو التسلية (تلقين ديني ¡ أو تسلية غناء وأفلام ... ) ولا تقدم التثقيف¡ كما أنها هي التي تقدم برامج فضائحية مستغلين جملة أن لا حياء في الدين و لا حياء في العلم ¡ فلا يصح مخاطبة الناس في تلك القضايا عبر الأثير ولا يصح أن تكون مادة إعلامية بل يجب أن تناقش مثل هذه المواضيع بالذهاب لمتخصص ¡ وعلى الإعلام أن يفهم وظيفته في تثقيف المشاهد جيدا مراعيا طرق عرض وتناول المواضيع الحساسة" .

أما قائمة القنوات الهابطة فجاءت كالتالي: قناه المسابقات والأغاني "سترايك" على رأس القائمة وحصلت على 22% من مجموع الأصوات¡ وتلتها قناه " الأمارة" بـ 17 % من الأصوات¡ ثم قناه "الجرس" بـ15% من الأصوات¡ وجاءت قناه الأغانى الخليجية "غنوة" فى القائمة بـ14%¡ ثم قناه الشات والرسائل "شاتكو" بـ11%¡ تليها قناه المسابقات "ميلودي تريكس" بـ8%¡ ثم قناة الأغاني "Etv" بـ 5%¡ وقناه "Mtv Arabia" بـ4%¡ ثم قناه "سهم" 2%¡ وقناه "ميلودي تيونز" بـ2%.

هذه القنوات خاصة بعرض الأغاني والشات والرسائل والمسابقات¡ وجاءت بالقائمة بسبب ان برامجها يغلب عليها الأثارة ¡ كما أن تعرض رسائل يغازل فيها الجمهور المذيعات والمذيعين ويعلقون على ملابسهم .
وحول التصدي للقنوات الهابطة أختار أكثر من 25% من المشاركين الاختيار الثالث الخاص بفرض الدولة الرقابة على مثل هذه القنوات¡ بينما أختار 10% اختيار "تجاهل المشاهدين لها"¡ و5% حبذوا وجود حملات إعلامية مضادة مع تدخل للجمعيات الأهلية مثل تأسيس جمعية لحماية حقوق المشاهدين¡ 5% طالبوا بإقامة مؤتمرات على المستوى العربي لمواجهة هذه القنوات¡ و30% طالبوا بجميع الوسائل السابقة .
اما بخصوص فتوى الشيخ "صالح اللحيدان" فقال 82 % من القراء أنهم يرفضون استخدام العنف تجاه أصحاب القنوات الهابطة .

New look & functionality for all Windows Live suite apps – I love Messenger and Write (looking forward to play with Live Photo Gallery)!

Opera 10 alpha

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Opera 10 alpha - Showcasing our
new Opera Presto 2.2 rendering engine

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What's new

Updated engine

Opera Presto 2.2 is the newest rendering engine for the Opera browser. It provides significant improvements in speed, performance and security.

30% Faster on the real Web

We optimized the Opera Presto 2.2 engine to be much faster on resource intensive pages such as Gmail and Facebook.

Great-looking standards

With an Acid3 100/100 score, Web Fonts support, RGBA/HSLA color and SVG improvements, Opera 10 alpha is ready for the next generation of Web applications. Learn more

You asked for it

Inline spell-check

Write freely in your Facebook wall, blog or Web mail. Opera 10 alpha underlines any misspelled words so you can express yourself without reservation.

Auto-update

Opera 10 alpha makes it easier than ever to stay up to date with the latest version.

E-mail your way

Depending on your personality or mood, use full HTML formatting or just plain text in your e-mails. Either way Opera Mail has your back.

Web Developers, get ready

The new Opera Presto 2.2 engine in Opera 10 alpha supports all the features you need to start developing the next great Web site.

Web Fonts and SVG

Typography on the Web will never look the same. With the Opera Presto 2.2 engine, you can use Web Fonts -including SVG font files- on your Web pages.

Opacity through RGBA and HSLA

Transparency is the new black. In Opera Presto 2.2 it is easier to make page elements transparent, with the addition of an alpha transparency argument to the RGB and HSL color models.

Opera Dragonfly evolved

Opera Dragonfly is now even better for debugging Web sites, allowing you to edit the DOM and inspect HTTP headers.

Thanks you for trying Opera 10 alpha!

Please report any bugs. Or join the discussion with the community and the Desktop Team blog.

For more information, please read the Opera 10 alpha detailedchangelog.

 

Nowadays it is very common to hear about online security vulnerability with email and domains being stolen by unauthorized third parties. As a frequent internet surfer, how are you going to ensure your Gmail is safe from being attacked by phishers and prevent your private information from being stolen by third parties?

You never know or suspect the email is actually sent by phisher as the web page looks like a legitimate site you have visited before. Phishers can imitate as banks, email, online merchants, payment services providers and even governments that you may be confused with what they have claimed and follow the instructions to enter your username, password and other private information on the site. All these information can be used by phishers to steal your bank money, open new credit card applications under your name and etc. In order to prevent or minimize such incident from happening, there are few tips you can apply to prevent phishers’ attacks:

• Examine if there are any suspicious filters which are not created by you
Access to your Gmail account, go to Setting -> Filters, then verify if there are any filters which are not created by you. Delete them right away if there is any.

• Disable Forwarding and POP/IMAP
Access to your Gmail account, go to Setting -> Forwarding and POP/IMAP, disable forwarding, POP and IMAP if you have not used them.

• Be alert when being asked for sensitive information.
Any email or link in the email asking about your user name, password, bank account number or other personal information need to be cautious before submitting those information. Bear in mind that most of the legitimate websites never ask for sensitive information through this channel.

• Do not click on suspicious links in email
If you receive an email asking for private information from a organization which you know of, instead of clicking on the link directly from the email, go to the organization website directly by typing the address in URL. If there is something you need to do, usually there will be an announcement on the homepage. If you can’t find any information from the homepage, don’t hesitate to call the respective party to find out more.

• Use a browser that has a phishing filter
Use the the latest versions of browsers such as Firefox 3.x, Internet Explorer 7, and Opera 9.x which have included phishing filters for safer web browsing experience without being interrupted by these kind of phishing activities.

• Do not be deceived by “great offers” or fantastic advertisement
Whenever you have received any online offers and requires you to enter private information, don’t be too excited and make sure that it is really safe or try to find more information.

Tips of How to Prevent Your Gmail from Being Hacked by Phishers » My Digital Life

On Windows XP:

Delete the files under
C:\Documents and Settings\%Username\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Live Contacts
but NOT the %Username@[msn]/[hotmail]/[live].com files.

On Windows Vista

Delete the files under
C:\%username%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Live Contacts
but NOT the %Username@[msn]/[hotmail]/[live].com files.

Thanks go to http://philipyeoh.com/blog/ for the post!

(source http://speckyboy.com/2008/11/02/27-indispensable-web-design-and-development-firefox-extensions/)

Though all of these extensions are useful, I found that I would mostly rely on the following:

1. Web Developer (a web developer’s RIGHT hand)
   
   
2. Firebug
   
   
   (debug/analyze/edit page’s HTML, CSS, Javascript, AJAX calls, CDN connections among other tools)
   
3. YSlow!
   
   
   (Yahoo tool for analyzing page loading speed showing elements’ sizes and network connections the page is making)
   
4. CSS Viewer
   
   
   (visually analyze the page’s CSS)
   
5. Extended Status Bar (does a similar job to that of YSlow!)
   
   
   (useful to analyze the time a page will take to load including images)
   
6. NoScript (allow/block iframes, Flash, Java Applets, Javascript, cross-domain scripts. A useful for slow loading pages and a tool to protect one’s privacy!)
   
   
7. EditCSS
   
   
   (modify the current CSS – helpful in analyzing the cascading rules and specificity)
   
8. Dummy Lipsum
   
   
   (this should be useful for prototyping)
   
9. CSS Validator
   
    
   
10. Image Zoom
    
    
    
11. ColorZilla
    
    
    (color picker for web pages)
    
12. Abduction!
    
    
    (takes screenshot of the page/selection including the scrollable/hidden area and that is 4 FREE!)
    

(thanks to SpeckyBoy.com)

A rock-solid article on using CSS as a styling tool. This is what CSS is all about and that's why we love it! Thanks to WebDesignerWall for the great tutorial and work : )

CSS Decorative Gallery

I’m using the same trick to show you how to decorate your images and photo galleries without editing the source images. The trick is very simple. All you need is an extra.....
keep going...

There a number of things that you must do in order to make your website SEO friendly:

• minimal usage of Flash
• don’t use frames
• keyword research
• CSS drop down navigation (optional)
• include researched keywords in title, description meta tags
• include researched keywords in content
• include researched keyword in hyper linked anchor text
• include researched keywords in headings (H1, H2, H3 etc)
• include researched keywords in alt tags (images, videos, etc)
• use CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
  • faster page loading resulting from the usage of CSS means that search engine spiders can more quickly and more efficiently crawl your website

Thanks to the people at ChromaticSites - From the post "The Official "Successful Website Checklist Challenge" | Web Site Design Blog"

Something I have been asked for by a member of my family (I admit I wanted to know these as well)

Use of numbers

Arabic letters and their Arabesh transliterates:

2-ء

3-ع

'3-غ

5-خ

6-ط

6'-ظ

7-ح

8-ق

9-ص

9'-ض

Example

Arabic:

هذه ويكيبيديا القاموس المجاني على الانترنت

English Translation:

This is Wikipedia, the free dictionary on the internet.

Arabesh interpretation:

hayde wikibedia l'amus al-majeni 3ala l-internet.

Thahab ma3a alree7 / Zahab ma3a alree7

Standard Arabic: ذهب مع الريح

English: Gone with the Wind

alsalam 3alikom wa ra7mato Allah wa barakatoh

Standard Arabic: السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

Transliteration: Al-salam 3aleykum wa-ra7matu allah wa-barakatuh

English: "Peace be with you and God's Mercy and Blessings upon you" (a common greeting throughout the Arab world)

ba9al aw 6ama6em / basal aw tamatem

Standard Arabic: بصل أو طماطم

English: Onion or tomato

bri6ania al3o'6ma / britanya el 3ozma

Standard Arabic: بريطانيا العظمى

English: Great Britain

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