Welcome! This is a forum for scholars who are interested in marking up Arabic-script texts, primarily in Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Turkish, for digital publication or digital databases.
What we do
Encode
Mark up Arabic-script texts in TEI XML — manuscripts, periodicals, correspondence, epigraphy.
Publish
Turn markup into searchable digital editions and databases, in Arabic, Persian, Ottoman Turkish, and English.
Collaborate
Share tools, references, and models across projects and institutions.
Featured Projects
News of Cairo
A TEI XML database of Cairo's urban history from al-Waqāʾiʿ al-Miṣriyyah, 1828–1914.
Visit News of Cairo ↗The BADR Project
Studies the formation and transmission of narratives about the Battle of Badr, with a TEI-based approach to premodern Arabic texts.
Read about BADR ↗
Curated by Adrien de Jarmy, Adam Mestyan, and Doaa Elalfy.
The site was created in September 2026.