The new group says that it will be transparent and release the names of those who apply for the certification, starting later this year, and that the program is meant to compliment state and federal regulations, not replace them.

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The request to apply for the '.wales' and '.cymru' names was made by the not-for-profit UK registry body, Nominet.

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Therefore, I opted not to apply academic standards of transliteration, which have a way of making Arabic names even more distant and unattainable to a Western reader.

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