Egypt will apply for the first Internet domain written in Arabic, its information technology minister said on Sunday. The new domain pronounced ".masr" is written in the Arabic alphabet which makes Egypt the first Arab nation to apply for a non-Latin character domain. According to The Associated Press the decision marks a key step in the Arab world, where a mixture of censorship, limited content and access have stymied efforts to boost Arabic-language content on the Web.

Prof. Joe Cannataci has co-edited a special issue on "Across cultural divides; Data Protection and Islam" of the Journal "Information and Communications Technology Law", published by Taylor and Francis under the Routledge imprint. The issue contains five articles dealing with the highly topical and mostly neglected problematics of data protection in the Muslim world.