Arabic-L:GEN:Arabic spelling of Suha Arafat

[Nathan Arp]

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Date: 14 Dec  2004
From:timbuckwalter at qamus.org
Subject:Arabic spelling of Suha Arafat

Both spellings of Suha--with alif maqsura and with alif tawila--have
almost identical Google scores. Which one is the one she herself uses?
Here are links to the Google scores for both spellings (I Googled the
full name, Suha Arafat, enclosed in quotes):

Suha with alif maqsura (freq. 2,090):
http://www.google.com/search?
hl=en&q=%22%D8%B3%D9%87%D9%89+%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AA%22

Suha with alif tawila (freq. 1,400):
http://www.google.com/search?
hl=en&q=%22%D8%B3%D9%87%D8%A7+%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AA%22

Regards,
Tim Buckwalter

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