The Impact of Culture on the Design of Arabic Websites

Authors:
Aaron Marcus;Sundus Hamoodi
Affiliations:
Aaron Marcus and Associates, Inc., Berkeley, USA CA 94708;Faculty of Information Systems and Technology, Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Science, Amman, Jordan 11942
Venue:
IDGD '09 Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Internationalization, Design and Global Development: Held as Part of HCI International 2009
Year:
2009

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Abstract

This paper discusses issues regarding the influence of culture on Arabic Websites. Arabic Websites from three countries serve as an initial sample for this study. Do the Websites of Arabian countries reflect their culture? How specifically? Do they share attitudes about design? Can an Arabian designer achieve what users in other cultures need and want? What are differences reflected in the differences between Arabic countries in the Eastern world and Western countries? This paper discusses these and other issues.