Arabic is the fifth most spoken language in the world but only 1.1% of the world’s top 10M websites use it. That’s the glaring deficiency faced by media consumers in the Middle East, an issue that undermines social inclusion and furthers societal division in some of the most vibrant economies in the world. It’s also a key reason why social media is so heavily used in Arabic countries, with users spending an average of three and a half hours per day on social media – primarily for news consumption – with 79% of young Arabs now getting their news from…
