Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Warming relations between Israel and Arab countries creates new application for Aravrit, script that combines Hebrew and Arabic

A sculpture featuring Aravrit forms the centerpiece of the Israel pavilion at the 2020 World Expo in Dubai. (JTA) — When Liron Lavi Turkenich designed a writing system combining Hebrew and Arabic ...
Hyperallergic

A Designer Fuses Arabic and Hebrew to Create a New Script

JERUSALEM — On June 11, Israeli typeface designer and professor Liron Lavi Turkenich found herself teaching a new student: her country’s president, Reuven Rivlin. Turkenich, a 32-year-old professor of ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

If Script of Hebrew Language is to Be Changed, Let It Be Arabic, Plea

If the Assyrian (square) script employed in writing Hebrew is to be changed, as is now being advocated, let the Jews of Palestine adopt the Arabic alphabet, instead of imitating the westernization ...