Washington,February 10:In an effort to reach out to the Arab world, the US State Department has created a Twitter account that transmits messages in Arabic, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.
The account, described as the “US Department of State Arabic Media Hub,” has the username USAbilAraby, which means “USA in Arabic.” It had over 375 followers by 6:30 pm ET Wednesday.
According to the Post, one of the first tweets read, “The US foreign ministry has recognized the historic role of social media in the Arab world and we want to be part of your conversations.”
The account utilizes Modern Standard Arabic, a formal Arabic that is most commonly used among media outlets and public and religious officials. Younger social media users often use both Arab and Latin-alphabet dialect, the newspaper reported.
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