# Arabia Inform

> Arabia Inform collects, digitizes, indexes and analyzes Arabic media and scholarly content. Its archive, intelligence platform, AskZad digital library, research services and licensed datasets serve institutions researching the Arab world.

- **Founded:** 1997
- **Founders:** Mohamed Eliwa (Founder; identified as CEO in the 2011 ProQuest announcement)
- **Products:** Arabia Inform Intelligence Platform, Historical Archive Access, AskZad, Custom Research & Analysis, AI & NLP Data Licensing
- **Notable:** Founded in 1997., ProQuest academic-library distribution agreement announced in 2011., AskZad appears in university and national-library resource listings.

## Products & services

- **Arabia Inform Intelligence Platform** — Cross-channel media monitoring, sentiment and topic analysis, dashboards, alerts and historical trends.
- **Historical Archive Access** — Searchable media archive with filters, scans and exports.
- **AskZad** — Subscription digital library for Arabic books, scholarship, dissertations, conferences and journalism. Its FAQ gives 1997 as its establishment year.
- **Custom Research & Analysis** — Commissioned media, public-opinion, industry and historical research.
- **AI & NLP Data Licensing** — Custom structured Arabic corpora for language technology and model development.
- **API Access** — Programmatic search and retrieval of current and historical indexed content.

## Achievements

- Founded in 1997.
- ProQuest academic-library distribution agreement announced in 2011.
- AskZad appears in university and national-library resource listings.
- Company reports more than 3 billion online articles; a self-reported inventory, not an independent audit.

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — SANA reported a one-month AskZad trial at Damascus University’s central library information center.
- **2026-10** — Research snapshot: the live Arabia Inform website markets Arabic AI/NLP data licensing and API access; this is an observation date, not a verified launch date.

## Links

- Website: https://www.arabiainform.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/arabia-inform
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/arabiainform
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/pages/Washington-DC/Arabia-Inform-Inc/140016702689070

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Last updated: 2026-10-17