Ayna.com conducted a thorough Marketing Research to capture user preferences relating to the features they prefer in an Arabic search Engine. The data was collected from a random population representing users in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

The study was prompted by the efforts and interest generated by Arab goverment officials who participated in the First Arabic Search Engine conference that took place in Sharm Elsheikh, Egypt (Feb 2005). The event was hosted by the Arab Administrative Development Organization (ARADO), and sponsored by Ayna....

The full article: Ayna.com Research (http://www.aynacorp.com/Marketing/ase_pref_05.html)

Hope this helps (seeing several OLD posts on here asking about ME SE...)