Design & Development
Arabic & RTL websites
Bilingual sites designed right-to-left from the first layout, not translated at the end.
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projects shipped across Qatar and the GCC
Design, search visibility and pipeline — built together, in English and Arabic.
Definition
What Arabic-first actually means
It means the Arabic version is designed alongside the English one rather than produced from it. Layouts mirror, navigation and icons flip to the reading edge, Arabic typefaces are chosen on their own merits, and both languages are tested as first-class versions of the site.
Why it matters
Why translation at the end always shows
A site laid out for English and mirrored afterwards breaks in predictable ways: text overflows because Arabic runs longer, icons point the wrong way, numbers and Latin brand names sit backwards inside sentences, and the Arabic typeface is whatever the system had lying around. Visitors read that as a site not built for them — which, functionally, it wasn't.
What Arabic & RTL websites includes with us
Bilingual UX and layout designed in parallel
Arabic typography chosen and set properly, not defaulted
Logical CSS so layouts mirror correctly in both directions
Mixed-direction content handled (Latin names inside Arabic text)
Arabic keyword and content strategy, not a translated English plan
Common questions
Do you write the Arabic copy?
We work with native Arabic writers rather than machine-translating. Arabic copy is written for Arabic readers, not converted.
Can we launch English first and add Arabic later?
You can, but it costs more overall. Designing for both up front is much cheaper than retrofitting RTL into a finished site.
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