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how to write Arabic words between English script in latex? I tried this code but it writes Arabic text in new line

\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
%In the preamble section include the arabtex and utf8 packages
\usepackage{arabtex}
\usepackage{utf8}

\begin{document}
%start encoding to unicode
%Note that your layout must support arabic text when compiling
\setcode{utf8}
%To start typing in Arabic use the command arabtext
hello
\begin{arabtext}
السَلامُ عَليكم ورَحمةُ الله وبَركاته  
\end{arabtext}
arabic
\end{document}
Tareq Salah
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  • The documentation suggests that hello \RL{السَلامُ عَليكم ورَحمةُ الله وبَركاته} arabic. should work. – Scott H. Jun 20 '13 at 21:24
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    The accepted answer to this question: Typesetting a document using Arabic script should be what you need. This question is essentially a duplicate. – Alan Munn Jun 21 '13 at 02:56
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    I'm a little surprised at Alan's comment: this question is precisely NOT about typesetting a whole document in Arabic script, but about including a short fragment of Arabic within English text. This question is NOT a duplicate. – Peter Flynn Aug 17 '16 at 21:03

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From reading the documentation I deduced that \<…> will do the trick:

\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
%In the preamble section include the arabtex and utf8 packages
\usepackage{arabtex}
\usepackage{utf8}

\begin{document}
%start encoding to unicode
%Note that your layout must support arabic text when compiling
\setcode{utf8}
%To start typing in Arabic use the command arabtext
hello
\<السَلامُ عَليكم ورَحمةُ الله وبَركاته  >
arabic
\end{document}

Result

Heiko Oberdiek
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  • @HeikoOberdiek i tired the same code in TexnicCenter but i doesn't work, any suggestion ? – khaled Feb 10 '14 at 13:56
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    @user1200219: Please, be more specific including error messages, problem description, ... – Heiko Oberdiek Feb 10 '14 at 15:54
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    @HeikoOberdiek there is no error but it shows strange character which is not Arabic – khaled Feb 10 '14 at 15:58
  • @user1200219: I do not even know, where (editor window, PDF viewer, ...) you are seeing the strange characters. Check, if your software is uptodate (TeXnicCenter, TeX distribution) and ask a new question. I am neither an expert for TeXnicCenter nor package arabtex. – Heiko Oberdiek Feb 10 '14 at 16:19
  • Using TexLive 2016, no complaints in command line output, but just black boxes where the arabic characters are in the document. – MikeiLL Sep 04 '16 at 04:45
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    @MikeiLL The example works for me in TeX Live 2016. Maybe a PDF viewer issue. – Heiko Oberdiek Sep 04 '16 at 07:46
  • @HeikoOberdiek You are correct. I'm not sure what I was doing wrong. May have had the wrong extension (lytex) or been running with XeLaTeX (although that's giving command line errors) – MikeiLL Sep 05 '16 at 00:58
  • Please how can I add some english words inside \begin{arabtext} – F 505 Dec 27 '17 at 05:50
  • If I used the same approach mentioned in your answer, all the paragraph appears in one line – F 505 Dec 27 '17 at 06:14
  • @HeikoOberdiek , this way generated other errors for me, for example after using it I missed the numbers of the sessions !? do you have an Idea about it? – Minions Jun 18 '19 at 11:54