Increase the number of competent Arab programmers/developers. This will increase the availability and enlarge the pool of employment candidates in the future.
Generate corporate interest in the use and development of Arabeyes and Unix.
Motivate programmers-to-be to develop native Arabic software
Target younger generations (schools/universities)
Professionals
Retain knowledge base:
Knowledge will remain within the Arabeyes project, and accumulate as more (and different) people contribute, regardless of how long they remain committed to the project's development.
Spread free software awareness in the Arab world
Re-introduce concepts of volunteerism and sharing within a different context (computers)
Campaign for use and development of free software
Arabic Linux/Unix distributions money making opportunities - in distribution, product support, and sales of technical books.
Provide a usable Arabic Unix interface for basic computing needs
Become a central hub for Arabization efforts
Raise awareness,
about this project
about the need of external support
Recruit developers, designers, etc.
Find sponsorship in the form of moral, technical, and/or financial support.