Issue 01 . June 2026Loose change. Sharp eyes.

language.

5 pieces filed under language

TechnologyJul 1
The Race to Build Arabic Intelligence. Souk Weekly technology.

The Race to Build Arabic Intelligence

New models trained to truly understand Arabic promise a technology that finally speaks the region's language

By Priya Chen

TechnologyJun 29
The Arabic Keyboard and the Small Frictions of a Digital Language. Souk Weekly technology.

The Arabic Keyboard and the Small Frictions of a Digital Language

Typing, search, and autocorrect were built for other scripts first, and the daily frictions still shape how Arabic lives online

By Marcus Okafor

TechnologyJun 28
Arabic-First AI and the Politics of the Language Model. Souk Weekly technology.

Arabic-First AI and the Politics of the Language Model

Building a model that thinks in Arabic first is technical, cultural, and political all at once

By Diego Arroyo

PoliticsJun 3
AI-generated 16:9 cover image for "The Cabinet Reshuffle Is, Mostly, a Language Event", covering cabinet, gulf, language, politics on Souk Weekly.

The Cabinet Reshuffle Is, Mostly, a Language Event

Why the most consequential thing about the latest reshuffle was not who got what portfolio, but what the new portfolio was called.

By Lena Holloway

OpinionJun 3
AI-generated 16:9 cover image for "Stop Calling It a Vision", covering language, policy, criticism, opinion on Souk Weekly.

Stop Calling It a Vision

Why the word has lost the meaning the strategy decks need it to carry, and what to use instead.

By Diego Arroyo