Technical and localization resources
TerminOrgs - Terminology Management Starter Guide

LISA localization standards

Arabic language resources
Arabic transcription standards

Article about Arabic dialects intelligibility
Middle East Smartphone Usage Trends
Middle East Social Media Usage
ICT adoption and prospects in the Arab region

Important localization organizations and R&D centres
American Translators Association
Localization and Language Technology Companies Association
Localization Conference and Networking Organization
Multilingual - the resource for the localization and language technology
Localization Industry Research Centre
TAUS the language industry think tank
Multilingual Content Management Research Centre
Large-scale terminology management consortium TerminOrgs