<s>
Onkosh	B-Application
(	O
)	O
was	O
an	O
Orascom	O
Telecom	O
product	O
that	O
functioned	O
as	O
a	O
search	B-Application
portal	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Arabic	O
Web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Onkosh	B-Application
was	O
launched	O
in	O
September	O
2007	O
and	O
closed	O
down	O
on	O
August	O
11	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Comparative	O
Arabic	O
web	B-Application
search	I-Application
websites	O
that	O
are	O
still	O
operational	O
include	O
and	O
Yamli	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Onkosh	B-Application
understood	O
the	O
Arabic	O
language	O
and	O
utilized	O
advanced	O
Natural	O
Language	O
Processing	O
(	O
NLP	O
)	O
techniques	O
to	O
ensure	O
that	O
the	O
best	O
Arabic	O
results	O
for	O
search	O
queries	O
were	O
received	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
offered	O
services	O
that	O
facilitated	O
searching	O
in	O
Arabic	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
virtual	B-Device
keyboard	I-Device
and	O
a	O
unique	O
feature	O
called	O
Bel-3araby	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
search	O
for	O
Arabic	O
using	O
English	O
characters	O
and	O
popular	O
character	O
replacements	O
like	O
"	O
3	O
"	O
for	O
"	O
ع	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
7	O
"	O
for	O
"	O
ح	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Onkosh	B-Application
provided	O
the	O
following	O
search	O
sections	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Web	B-Application
Search	I-Application
-	O
Search	O
through	O
the	O
Arabic	O
web	O
and	O
some	O
English	O
and	O
French	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
was	O
a	O
tailored	O
version	O
of	O
Onkosh	B-Application
designed	O
specifically	O
for	O
mobiles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
on	O
Onkosh	B-Application
was	O
shut	O
down	O
due	O
to	O
lack	O
of	O
financial	O
resources	O
as	O
Orascom	O
stopped	O
its	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
project	O
because	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
gaining	O
the	O
expected	O
revenue	O
.	O
</s>
