Iraqis leading efforts to enrich Arabic Wikipedia

Searching the internet for scientific topics in Arabic can be disappointing. Senan Harba, a 25-year-old dentist from Hillah, Iraq, knows this problem firsthand.

“Wikipedia is my first place to search for any particular topic; unfortunately, lots of topics are not available in Arabic,” said Harba, adding, “Since English is not our first language, science students and the general public suffer to get accurate and neutral information.”

To compensate for this, Harba follows Facebook pages that spread scientific knowledge on evolution,…