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Can anyone please help me interpret the Arabic part of this logo? Does it simply translate "Electronic Intifada"? What would be a reasonable transliteration into roman as used by English speakers? Many thanks if anyone can ~ Veledan • Talk 13:25, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

I think it just says "Intifada". —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Angr (talk • contribs). 14:26, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

It's "Intifada" without "Electronic" (and without the Arabic definite article, but with a hamza below whose presence is dubiously correct according to formal Arabic grammar): إنتفاضة - AnonMoos 14:31, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks guys. I bought one of their t-shirts and I don't like wearing words I dont know :-) ~ Veledan • Talk 17:15, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

So that does mean you support the intifada? 惑乱 分からん 19:28, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

What's the final twiddle? It looks rather different to the glyph ﺔ with which I see "intifada" usually written.  --Lambiam^Talk 18:59, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

The final glyph looks like a lazily-written ta marbuta to me...at least, it doesn't look like any other letter... Adam Bishop 06:15, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

No it's a legitimate ta marbuta. It's more of a Script font which simulates handwriting. CG 07:55, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Um, did you read intifada before buying the shirt? Walking around with a shirt that says "intifada" on it is like walking around with a shirt that says Ku Klux Klan on it to some people. -- Mwalcoff 23:53, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

That's excessively melodramatic. EI is a credible newsblog, and anyone who thinks that the term intifada is comparable to KKK has misunderstood one or the other ~ Veledan • Talk 23:20, 31 August 2006 (UTC)