Like everyone else, I have suddenly become familiar in the past three weeks with the name "al-Qaeda," Arabic for "the base" and the name of Osama bin Laden's terror network.
I have also noticed the variations in pronunciation and romanized spelling, and being a bit more interested in such things than the typical American, it makes me curious: How is "al-Qaeda" spelled in Arabic? I know there are several list members who know the small amount of Arabic necessary to answer this question. Please specify Unicode code points in the U+0600 block. Thanks, -Doug Ewell Fullerton, California
