{"id":62049,"date":"2021-06-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/62049\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic"},"modified":"2021-06-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T00:00:00","slug":"twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/62049\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Introduces &#8220;Feminine Arabic&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"Twitter has just introduced a new gender-inclusive language setting that acknowledges and endorses the feminine voice. <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To all the Arabic speaking women on <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/umhtAzj7S5\">https:\/\/t.co\/umhtAzj7S5<\/a> &#8211; we\u2019ve launched a new language setting that addresses you in the feminine form.<br>Join the conversation with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FeminineArabic?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FeminineArabic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A3%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%AB_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A4%D9%86%D8%AB?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NTrz1Sq6zK\">pic.twitter.com\/NTrz1Sq6zK<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Twitter Comms (@TwitterComms) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterComms\/status\/1404685720401371138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  People who choose to opt for this setting will be addressed in the feminine form rather than the masculanized default. <br \/>  <br \/>  For example, \u201cGharrid\u201d will be replaced with &#8220;Gharridy&#8221;, and \u201ciktashify\u201d instead of \u201cikatishif\u201d. <br \/>  <br \/>  In order to enable this setting you have to login to your Twitter account, head to \u201cSettings and privacy,\u201d then \u201cAccessibility, display, and languages.\u201d Afterwards, select \u201cLanguages\u201d and go to \u201cDisplay language\u201d. There will be an Arabic (Feminine) option available.<br \/>  <br \/>  This has been a controversial issue as in the Arabic language, words can be either masculine or feminine, but the neutral terms of address and defaults remain masculine. Twitter is shedding light on the fact that they have been addressing feminine users through masculine terminology and have taken the initiative to change that. <br \/>  <br \/>  Twitter&#8217;s campaign was met with great support, and the hashtags #FeminineArabic and \u0623\u062a\u062d\u062f\u062b_\u0628\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0624\u0646\u062b# quickly flooded the platform. Here are some reactions:<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A world first on social media! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A3%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%AB_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A4%D9%86%D8%AB?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y64J69UbFU\">https:\/\/t.co\/Y64J69UbFU<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Dima (@dima_barbara) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dima_barbara\/status\/1404688348963299329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a beautiful initiative! Twitter has announced that they now have the option for Arabic speakers to choose to be addressed in the feminine (Arabic grammar has differentiators when addressing male or female) Thank you Twitter this is a wonderful step <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A3%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%AB_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A4%D9%86%D8%AB?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KCu9PJ9lM8\">https:\/\/t.co\/KCu9PJ9lM8<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Maher (@CrimsonMaher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CrimsonMaher\/status\/1404717168764334084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A3%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%AB_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A4%D9%86%D8%AB?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PZgciMjOUk\">https:\/\/t.co\/PZgciMjOUk<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Rosie Dyas (@RosieDyasUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RosieDyasUK\/status\/1404692348408414208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/feminineArabic?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#feminineArabic<\/a> I love it!! More apps to use feminine arabic please.<\/p>\u2014 Rami (@SleepinwSatan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SleepinwSatan\/status\/1404747457557372930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Small decisions like these that are more inclusive to Arab women&#8217;s voices work are very important, and we&#8217;re overjoyed to see such developments. Hopefully, other social media platforms take this step as well!","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter has just introduced a new gender-inclusive language setting that acknowledges and endorses the feminine voice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":431833,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-62049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"authorship":[86],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Twitter Introduces &quot;Feminine Arabic&quot;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Twitter has just introduced a new gender-inclusive language setting that acknowledges and endorses the feminine voice.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/62049\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Twitter Introduces &quot;Feminine Arabic&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Twitter has just introduced a new gender-inclusive language setting that acknowledges and endorses the feminine voice.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/62049\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Beirut.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/beirutcityguide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-15T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/62049-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@beirutcityguide\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@beirutcityguide\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/62049\\\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/62049\\\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Twitter Introduces &#8220;Feminine Arabic&#8221;\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-15T00:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/62049\\\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":332,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/62049\\\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/62049-1.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/62049\\\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/62049\\\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic\\\/\",\"name\":\"Twitter Introduces \\\"Feminine Arabic\\\"\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/62049\\\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/62049\\\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/62049-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-15T00:00:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"Twitter has just introduced a new gender-inclusive language setting that acknowledges and endorses the feminine voice.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/62049\\\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/62049\\\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/62049\\\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/62049-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/62049-1.png\",\"width\":768,\"height\":512},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/62049\\\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Twitter Introduces &#8220;Feminine Arabic&#8221;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/\",\"name\":\"Beirut.com\",\"description\":\"Beirut.com is your insider guide to Lebanon, with the best in food, culture, neighborhoods, and everything new. Discover where to go and fall in love with our country.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Beirut.com, SA\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/Beirut.com-Logo-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/Beirut.com-Logo-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1044,\"caption\":\"Beirut.com, SA\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/beirutcityguide\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/beirutcityguide\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Twitter Introduces \"Feminine Arabic\"","description":"Twitter has just introduced a new gender-inclusive language setting that acknowledges and endorses the feminine voice.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/62049\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Twitter Introduces \"Feminine Arabic\"","og_description":"Twitter has just introduced a new gender-inclusive language setting that acknowledges and endorses the feminine voice.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/62049\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic\/","og_site_name":"Beirut.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/beirutcityguide","article_published_time":"2021-06-15T00:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":768,"height":512,"url":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/62049-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@beirutcityguide","twitter_site":"@beirutcityguide","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/62049\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/62049\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Twitter Introduces &#8220;Feminine Arabic&#8221;","datePublished":"2021-06-15T00:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/62049\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic\/"},"wordCount":332,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/62049\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/62049-1.png","articleSection":["Blog"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/62049\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic\/","url":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/62049\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic\/","name":"Twitter Introduces \"Feminine Arabic\"","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/62049\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/62049\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/62049-1.png","datePublished":"2021-06-15T00:00:00+00:00","description":"Twitter has just introduced a new gender-inclusive language setting that acknowledges and endorses the feminine voice.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/62049\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/62049\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/62049\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/62049-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/62049-1.png","width":768,"height":512},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/62049\/twitter-introduces-feminine-arabic\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Twitter Introduces &#8220;Feminine Arabic&#8221;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/","name":"Beirut.com","description":"Beirut.com is your insider guide to Lebanon, with the best in food, culture, neighborhoods, and everything new. Discover where to go and fall in love with our country.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/#organization","name":"Beirut.com, SA","url":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Beirut.com-Logo-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Beirut.com-Logo-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1044,"caption":"Beirut.com, SA"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/beirutcityguide","https:\/\/x.com\/beirutcityguide"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62049\/revisions"}],"wp:authorship":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/86"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62049"},{"taxonomy":"media-embed-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-embed-type?post=62049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}