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{{Short description|An online Arabic encyclopedia}}
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{{Infobox website
{{Infobox website
| name = Marefa
| name = Marefa
| logo = Marefa-logo.png
| logo = Marefa_logo.svg
| logo_size = 60px
| logo_size = 60px
| screenshot = Marefa screenshot.png
| screenshot = Marefa screenshot.png
| screenshot_size = 300px
| screenshot_size = 300px
| caption = The front page
| caption = The front page
| url = {{URL|https://www.marefa.org/}}
| url = {{URL|https://www.marefa.org/}}
| commercial = No
| alexa = {{IncreaseNegative}} 16,914 ({{as of|2017|10|02|alt=October 2018}})<ref name="alexa">{{cite web |title=Marefa.org Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa |url=https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/marefa.org |website=www.alexa.com |accessdate=2 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
| commercial = No
| type = Reference
| type = Reference
| registration = Encouraged
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| language = Interface: Arabic<br />Content: to be extended to all languages using Arabic script
| registration = Encouraged
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| owner = [[Marefa Foundation]]
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| language = Interface: Arabic<br />Content: to be extended to all languages using Arabic script
| owner = [[Marefa Foundation]]
| author = Nayel Shafei
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| launch_date = 16 February 2007
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| author = [[Nayel Shafei]]
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| current_status = perpetual work-in-progress
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| launch date = 16 February 2007
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| current status = perpetual work-in-progress
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'''Marefa''' (in [[Arabic language|Arabic]]: '''المعرفة'''; literally "knowledge") is a [[not-for-profit]] online [[encyclopedia]] project that uses the [[wiki]] system to provide a free Arabic encyclopedia similar to [[Wikipedia]]. It was set up by [[Nayel Shafei]] on February 16, 2007.<ref>{{cite news
'''Marefa''' (in {{lang-ar|المعرفة||knowledge}}) is a [[not-for-profit]] online [[encyclopedia]] project that uses the [[wiki]] system to provide a free Arabic encyclopedia similar to [[Wikipedia]]. It was set up by Nayel Shafei on February 16, 2007.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Ghosn
| last = Ghosn
| first = Zeinab
| first = Zeinab
| title = Marefa, a free online encyclopedia, to increase digital content, and revive Arabic epistemologic heritage
| title = Marefa, a free online encyclopedia, to increase digital content, and revive Arabic epistemologic heritage
| language = Arabic
| language = Arabic
|work= Assafir
|work= Assafir
| date=18 October 2007
| date=18 October 2007
| url = http://www.assafir.com/WeeklyArticle.aspx?EditionId=768&WeeklyArticleId=29106&ChannelId=3894
| url = http://www.assafir.com/WeeklyArticle.aspx?EditionId=768&WeeklyArticleId=29106&ChannelId=3894
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| accessdate=9 October 2008}}</ref> Sister projects include Manuscript documentation, Sources, Collaborative books, forums, Blogsphere, E-mail accounts (with unlimited storage), Video/Audio library.
| accessdate=9 October 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
| last = Mostafa
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| first = Aghareed|title=New Online Project to publish manuscripts and Heritage books|language=Arabic|work=Al Raya|date=16 October 2008|url=http://www.alraialaam.com/Alrai/Article.aspx?id=2599&searchText=%C7%E1%D4%C7%DD%DA%ED|accessdate=9 October 2008}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Sister projects include Manuscript documentation, Sources, Collaborative books, forums, Blogsphere, E-mail accounts (with unlimited storage), Video/Audio library.


In September, 2007, Marefa received 25,000 manuscripts and old books, in [[Arabic script]], from the [[Government of India]]. These are scanned images of books stored in and around [[Osmania University]], [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]], [[India]]. The books are in [[Arabic]], [[Persian language|Persian]] and [[Ottoman Turkish language|Ottoman Turkish]]. Marefa started the electronic publishing of them, immediately, and made them available for free. [[University of North Carolina]] (UNC) puts Marefa as one of top eight sources for Arabic Manuscripts,<ref>{{cite web
In September, 2007, Marefa received 25,000 manuscripts and old books, in [[Arabic script]], from the [[Government of India]]. These are scanned images of books stored in and around [[Osmania University]], [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]], [[India]]. The books are in [[Arabic]], [[Persian language|Persian]] and [[Ottoman Turkish language|Ottoman Turkish]]. Marefa started the electronic publishing of them, immediately, and made them available for free. [[University of North Carolina]] (UNC) puts Marefa as one of top eight sources for Arabic Manuscripts,<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.unc.edu/~cernst/mss.htm
| url = http://www.unc.edu/~cernst/mss.htm
| title = RESOURCES ON PERSIAN AND ARABIC SCRIPTS & MANUSCRIPTS
| title = RESOURCES ON PERSIAN AND ARABIC SCRIPTS & MANUSCRIPTS
| date = October 2007
| date = October 2007
| publisher = UNC
| publisher = UNC
| accessdate = 2008-10-09 }}</ref> with notable global cultural centers of Arabic heritage, like, [[Süleymaniye|Süleymaniye Library]], [[Istanbul]], and [[Azhar University]], [[Cairo]]. Middle East Librarian Association recommends the Marefa to its members, and its cited Marefa's receipt of 25,000 Arabic and Persian books and manuscripts from the Government of India.<ref>{{Cite web
| accessdate = 2008-10-09 }}</ref> with notable global cultural centers of Arabic heritage, like, [[Süleymaniye|Süleymaniye Library]], [[Istanbul]], and [[Azhar University]], [[Cairo]]. Middle East Librarian Association recommends the Marefa to its members, and its cited Marefa's receipt of 25,000 Arabic and Persian books and manuscripts from the Government of India.<ref>{{Cite web
| url = http://www.lib.umich.edu/area/MELANotes/MELANotes80/KhalidiO.pdf
| url = http://www.lib.umich.edu/area/MELANotes/MELANotes80/KhalidiO.pdf
| author = Omar Khalidi | title = D¯a-irat al-Ma,¯arif al-Uthm¯an¯?yah
| author = Omar Khalidi | title = D¯a-irat al-Ma,¯arif al-Uthm¯an¯?yah
| publisher = MELA Notes 80
| publisher = MELA Notes 80
| year = 2007
| year = 2007
|accessdate = 2008-10-09 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
|accessdate = 2008-10-09 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>


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== Relationship with Wikipedia ==
== Relationship with Wikipedia ==
The founder of Marefa, [[Nayel Shafei]], was in 2005-06, one of the contributors to [[Arabic Wikipedia]] in number of different articles. After what he describes as a takeover of the Arabic Wikipedia that culminated in banning him,<ref>[[:ar:مستخدم:Shafei|personal page of Nayel Shafei at Arabic Wikipedia]]</ref><ref>[[:ar:ويكيبيديا:طلب تدقيق مستخدم/Shafei|page of Shafei checkuser case on Arabic Wikipedia.]]</ref> he stopped contributing to it, and formed Marefa.
The founder of Marefa, Nayel Shafei, was in 2005–06, one of the contributors to [[Arabic Wikipedia]] in number of different articles. After what he describes as a takeover of the Arabic Wikipedia that culminated in banning him,<ref>[[:ar:مستخدم:Shafei|personal page of Nayel Shafei at Arabic Wikipedia]]</ref><ref>[[:ar:ويكيبيديا:طلب تدقيق مستخدم/Shafei|page of Shafei checkuser case on Arabic Wikipedia.]]</ref> he stopped contributing to it, and formed Marefa.


Marefa started with content from several permitting<ref name=permitting>{{Cite web
Marefa started with content from several permitting<ref name=permitting>{{Cite web
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Latest revision as of 23:32, 22 September 2023

Marefa
The front page
Type of site
Reference
Available inInterface: Arabic
Content: to be extended to all languages using Arabic script
OwnerMarefa Foundation
Created byNayel Shafei
URLwww.marefa.org
CommercialNo
RegistrationEncouraged
Launched16 February 2007
Current statusperpetual work-in-progress

Marefa (in Arabic: المعرفة, lit. 'knowledge') is a not-for-profit online encyclopedia project that uses the wiki system to provide a free Arabic encyclopedia similar to Wikipedia. It was set up by Nayel Shafei on February 16, 2007.[1] Sister projects include Manuscript documentation, Sources, Collaborative books, forums, Blogsphere, E-mail accounts (with unlimited storage), Video/Audio library.

In September, 2007, Marefa received 25,000 manuscripts and old books, in Arabic script, from the Government of India. These are scanned images of books stored in and around Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. The books are in Arabic, Persian and Ottoman Turkish. Marefa started the electronic publishing of them, immediately, and made them available for free. University of North Carolina (UNC) puts Marefa as one of top eight sources for Arabic Manuscripts,[2] with notable global cultural centers of Arabic heritage, like, Süleymaniye Library, Istanbul, and Azhar University, Cairo. Middle East Librarian Association recommends the Marefa to its members, and its cited Marefa's receipt of 25,000 Arabic and Persian books and manuscripts from the Government of India.[3]

Multimedia[edit]

In addition to articles and original manuscripts, Marefa offers a vast variety of multimedia projects for its visitors. On the home page, viewers can find developing news stories from around the world, updated daily. Marefa recently added a video library where visitors can watch clips uploaded by administrators and other visitors.

In Spring 2009, Marefa began offering weekly live Webinar lectures for site visitors. Marefa members and visitors from around the world discuss pressing global issues, on the Webinar, by hooking up webcams and microphones to their computers and communicating with each other in real time. The weekly Webinar features a guest lecturer speaking about his or her area of expertise. Past Webinars have included talks on the Yemeni secession movement, 2009 Iranian national elections, and historic roots of current crisis in Somalia.

Marefa offers e-mail accounts to members who choose to sign up for such service.

Relationship with Wikipedia[edit]

The founder of Marefa, Nayel Shafei, was in 2005–06, one of the contributors to Arabic Wikipedia in number of different articles. After what he describes as a takeover of the Arabic Wikipedia that culminated in banning him,[4][5] he stopped contributing to it, and formed Marefa.

Marefa started with content from several permitting[6] sources including Wikipedia. Marefa uses Wiki-format for its site but provides articles on individuals, issues, and items often not found on the Arabic Wikipedia site. Marefa often uses content from the English and Arabic sites for baseline material, but Marefa provides additional details, sources, images, multimedia, and commentary for articles that may not be found on the Arabic Wikipedia site. Marefa's articles are in Arabic but also have a multilingual linking system in which alternative language editions of a given article in Marefa are linked to Wikipedia editions in those languages.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ghosn, Zeinab (18 October 2007). "Marefa, a free online encyclopedia, to increase digital content, and revive Arabic epistemologic heritage". Assafir (in Arabic). Retrieved 9 October 2008.
  2. ^ "RESOURCES ON PERSIAN AND ARABIC SCRIPTS & MANUSCRIPTS". UNC. October 2007. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
  3. ^ Omar Khalidi (2007). "D¯a-irat al-Ma,¯arif al-Uthm¯an¯?yah" (PDF). MELA Notes 80. Retrieved 2008-10-09. [dead link]
  4. ^ personal page of Nayel Shafei at Arabic Wikipedia
  5. ^ page of Shafei checkuser case on Arabic Wikipedia.
  6. ^ "Sources Permitting Rebuplishing and Copying (in Arabic)". Marefa. Retrieved 2009-07-11.

External links[edit]

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