First Arabic content on the web is embarrassingly small in volume or reduced to porn and fanatic content.

I think we can create an online campaign to encourage people to engage more in Wikipedia, Arabic version. We can create a banner and ask Arab bloggers everywhere to display it for a specific time or all times. I have designer contacts who might be interested in designing such a banner and we can spread the word around in hopes of it going viral and eventually succeeding.

I like your suggestion of professors encouraging their students. But a friend of mine told me once that Academia in the states totally dismisses Wikipedia as a source of any knowledge or fact. So I am not sure these professors will be interested. But we can contact a number of them who are open minded and see where it goes.

I am in for you if you'd like to start this and will help everyway possible :-)

Thank you for your reply Razan.

Do you think that the Wikipedia model is fit for our region ? Or should does a professionally maintained model (like Encarta or Britanica) fit this region better ?

So Wikipedia is not a legitimate source to cite in your research, however almost everybody, including professors, check it to get quick info about any subject. It has almost become like a first stop for any search. I think Wikipedia has gained mainstream adoption, and even recognition in the academic community. My friend in the states had a class assignment which was, specifically, to  write content for a Wikipedia page.

I love the idea of rallying other Bloggers and the blogging community to make a Wikipedia day/week. I will post this question on my blog (linking back here) and see how it goes.