Bilingual Websites (EN / AR)
An Arabic site that was built in Arabic, not translated into it.
Businesses selling into both Gulf and international markets whose Arabic version is visibly an afterthought.
The problem it solves
- The Arabic version is the English one with the words swapped and the layout unchanged.
- RTL is faked with flipped margins, so half the interface points the wrong way.
- Arabic pages ship English structured data, so Google reads them as an English site.
- Arabic type is set at Latin line-heights, which makes it dense and tiring to read.
What you get
- Two real language versions, cross-linked with correct hreflang and separate sitemaps
- True RTL built on CSS logical properties — a genuine mirror, not flipped margins
- Arabic typography set for Arabic: an Arabic glyph box runs about 1.9× the font size
- Translated structured data, not English schema on an Arabic page
- Copy written for each market, because the same claim needs different proof in Cairo and Riyadh
- Core Web Vitals and accessibility verified on both versions, on a phone
How it runs
Structure both languages from the start
Retrofitting Arabic onto an English build is where the RTL bugs come from. Both versions get designed together.
Set Arabic type properly
Line-height, weight and size are not the Latin values. Getting this wrong is the difference between a site that reads and one that is merely legible.
Localise the argument, not the sentences
Pricing presentation, proof points and order of reassurance change per market.
Verify on a phone, in both directions
Every RTL bug I have shipped was invisible in a desktop preview and obvious on a phone.
What it is not
- Custom application or backend development
- Ongoing content writing after launch
- Hosting and domain costs
The work that proves it
Spectra Cure Clinic — Egypt
2025 — nowThe Egyptian arm — and the harder half of a bilingual rebuild.
Oxygen Health Care Technology
2025 — nowTaking a medical device distributor direct to the customer.
AliaMedia Digital Marketing
2023 — 2024A 21% traffic lift, earned in the parts of the site nobody wanted to look at.
Akwan Construction
2024 — 2025A 2022 contractor bidding against firms three decades older.
Not sure which one you need?
Describe the situation. I will tell you which of these it actually is — or that it is none of them — before any engagement and at no charge.