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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>(sorry for cross posting)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Friends and Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>For those interested in IDNs, I have posted an update on the work of the <i>Task Force on Arabic Script IDNs (TF-AIDN)</i> in both <a href="http://blog.icann.org/2014/05/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AC%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84-%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%86%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84/">Arabic</a> and <a href="http://blog.icann.org/2014/05/what-is-the-task-force-on-arabic-script-idns-tf-aidn-up-to/">English</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Fahd Batayneh<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>ICANN<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>