.shabaka

The Arabic top-level domain .شبكة (meaning ".web", and transcribed into English as ".shabaka")^[1] is an internationalized domain name top-level domain in the Domain Name System of the Internet for Arabic language websites. Websites using the domain can be accessed using its U-label^[a] (.شبكة) or A-label^[b] equivalent (.xn--ngbc5azd).^[3]

.شبكة

Introduced	24 March 2013
TLD type	top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	dotShabaka Registry
Intended use	Arabic-language websites

The domain was approved for use by ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) in March 2013.^[1] Its sunrise period ran from 31 October to 29 December 2013, and landrush period from 2 January to 31 January 2014. General availability for the domain commenced on 4 February 2014.^[4]

See also

• Internationalized country code top-level domain

Notes

1. The Unicode representation of an internationalized domain name.^[2]
2. An encoding of a Unicode domain name in ASCII characters for transmission within the domain name system.^[2]