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"Harf" was established in 1997 as an extension of The Islamic Heritage Center, which had been active since 1985.As Harf activities and services continued their expansion, the company added branches in Cairo and Kuwait to its Riyadh headquarters. The network of agents and representatives gradually expanded to cover the whole Arab and Islamic world, The European Union, South East Asia, Africa, Australia and North America.
Harf’s main shareholders are:
- The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia
- H.R.H. Prince Saud Bin Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz
- The Kuwaiti Brokerage House
- Al-Kharafy Group, Kuwait
Since its establishment, Harf has had a pioneering role in using modern information technology to serve the Arab and Islamic Worlds through its products and services, which are of a high scientific and practical importance in a number of fields.
In order to achieve its goals, Harf makes the best use of its special resources, highly trained work teams and efficient experts in the fields of programming and indexing to develop solutions and applications in the fields needed by the Arab and Islamic worlds ,and also to tackle some of the issues of relevance to Muslim Societies.
These applications are applied at the highest level of quality, and the company was awarded the ISO 9001/2000 certificate in the year 2001 and recently 2006 CMMI Level three. Harf has thereby acquired a leading status in the field of Islamic applications of information technology.
With the support of Allah the Exalted, Harf has reached pioneering status in the field of Arab and Islamic software and applications, and the company will continue, with the support of Allah, investing its distinguished capabilities to provide the applications needed by our Nation, with the same high quality, and with a deep understanding of the nature of its products, always at the highest level of International standards of quality.
Harf is playing a leading role in using modern information technology to serve Arab and Muslim nations.
Harf software may be sub-divided by topic into the following categories:
Holy Qur'an Software:
Available in more than nine languages to serve Muslims worldwide. This group of programs aims at facilitating the dissemination of the Holy Qur’an and contributing to its memorization, revision and understanding.
Prophetic Hadith Software
Gathering the widest number of the sayings of the Prophet, peace be upon him, from the most famous and authentic references, providing the user with advanced services to facilitate searching for a Hadith and its explanation from trusted sources. These programs are available in different languages.
Juristic Software:
This collection is meant to help specialists as well as Muslim students and researchers to reach the widest amount of juristic explanations and opinions from the most important references, in the form of easy-to-use scientific encyclopedias.
Sirah, History and Biography software:
Which covers the most famous references of Islamic history, Sirah and biography with full authentication of the scientific content.
Cultural and Miscellaneous Software:
This group is addressed to common users of different ages, aiming at providing general knowledge in an attractive and amusing style.
Children Software:
The aim of this collection is to support the educational, recreational and cultural needs of new Muslim generations who are attached to Islam and proud of their heritage, through stories of prophets, morals and manners, in an interesting and attractive way using cartoons, songs, games and interactive materials.
Services:
Internet Sites and Projects
Harf designs Portals and Web sites requested by institutions, organizations and individuals using the latest IT technologies. Harf has a specialized technical team at the highest level of training, with several programmers internationally certified in different fields. This team enables the company to offer its solutions through a wide range of technologies (C, C++, Java, .Net, PhP, SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, and DB2) to support different working environments according to the client’s request and working needs.
E-Learning Management Systems
Harf has developed an advanced system for the management of E-Learning, a “Learning Management System” (LMS) which includes all the functions and services needed at universities and schools for managing learning and education. The system is composed of several sub-systems: An Admission and Enrollment System, a Course and Lesson Building System, a Learner Follow-up System, an Electronic Testing System, an Assignment System, A Grade Book System, a Virtual Classroom System, Electronic Mail, Academic Discussion Forums, all within the framework of international E-Learning standards and specifications – such as SCORM and IMS.
Islamic Applications for Handheld Devices and Mobiles
Harf is considered as one of the leading companies to develop a number of programs and applications for handheld computer devices and mobile phones, including:
1. The Holy Qur’an Digital Book (Arabic/English)
2. The Holy Qur’an for Windows CE (Pocket PC)
3. Hajj and Umrah for Pocket PC
4. The Collection of Harf Programs for Mobile Phones
- The complete text of The Holy Qur’an in Uthmanic calligraphy, together with a full English translation of its meanings and a number of other services.
- Prayer Times: calculated using the most accurate scientific methods for more than 4,000 cities in 200 countries.
- Qiblah Direction: Wherever you may be, you may now determine the correct direction of the Qiblah for prayers using one of several methods: either by using an integrated compass, based on the direction of the sun, or the moon.
- Date converter: to accurately and easily convert Gregorian dates into Hijri dates and vice-versa.
Technical Consulting Services
The company deals with a large number of consultants who specialize in the different aspects and components of information centers, including: hardware, software, and know-how. Harf provides technical consultancies in the following fields: servers, storage units, network devices, information security, network structures, rights distribution, storage and backup, database design, application programs, software integration, strategic planning, and the planning and management of transferring processes from one working environment to another.
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