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“Today, only about 1% of the World Wide Web is written in Arabic.”

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Marissa Mayer is an American engineer and businesswoman, best known for her role as the CEO of Yahoo! from 2012 to 2017. She has a background in computer science and has made significant contributions to the tech industry. more

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