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Arabic and English Logo Design for UAE Businesses

We design your logo in Arabic and English together, so both versions sit correctly beside each other — AED 99, with no advance payment.

7 min readUpdated August 2026United Arab Emirates
If you trade in the UAE, there is a good chance you will need your business name in Arabic as well as English: for your shopfront, your signage application, printed material and government-facing documents. Most logo providers treat the Arabic version as an afterthought, or charge for it separately after the English logo is already finished.
That is the wrong order, and it produces bad results. Here is why.

An Arabic logo is not a translation

Arabic reads right to left. English reads left to right. The two scripts have different letterforms, different vertical proportions, and different natural rhythm. A word that looks balanced in Latin type will not automatically look balanced when rendered in Arabic.
So an Arabic logo is not your English logo with the letters swapped. It is a second design that has to carry the same character as the first while obeying completely different rules.
If your English wordmark is clean, geometric and modern, the Arabic version needs to feel clean, geometric and modern in Arabic terms — which usually means a contemporary Kufic-influenced treatment rather than a traditional calligraphic one. The two will never look identical. They should look like they belong to the same brand.
This is why designing both at the same time matters. When the Arabic is added months later by a different designer, you usually end up with two logos that share a name and nothing else.

What UAE signage rules mean for your logo

Dubai’s outdoor advertising rules — set out in the Outdoor Advertising Manual introduced in 2024 by the RTA and Dubai Municipality — include specific requirements for bilingual signs:
  • When Arabic is used, it must occupy no less than 50% of the total sign space
  • Arabic should sit above the English, or to the right of it
  • Signs must be horizontal, not vertical
  • Only one trade name is permitted per shopfront
  • The name on your sign must match the name on your trade licence
Read that first rule again, because it has a real design consequence.
If Arabic has to fill at least half your sign, the Arabic version cannot be a small subtitle under the English. It has to be designed at full visual weight, as an equal partner to the English wordmark. A logo designed English-first and translated later almost never satisfies this cleanly — the Arabic ends up stretched, squeezed, or set in a font that does not match the English at all.
Designing both together from the start avoids that entirely.
Worth checking

Signage requirements differ between emirates, free zones and individual landlords, and they change. DMCC, JAFZA and each municipality publish their own guidance. Confirm the exact rules for your location and licence type with your authority or signage contractor before production. We design to the standard bilingual specification above, but we are logo designers, not your signage permit consultant.

What you receive

The same AED 99 offer, with both language versions included. Concepts delivered in 48 to 72 hours.
IncludedDetail
5+ logo conceptsGenuinely different design directions, not colour variants of one idea
Arabic and English versionsDesigned together so they sit correctly side by side
Unlimited revisionsOn the direction you choose, until you approve it
AI editable source fileThe original vector, yours to keep
PNG, JPG and PDFReady for print, web, signage and social
Colour and black-and-whiteFor stamps, invoices and single-colour printing
Font detailsThe exact typefaces used, so future work matches
Free visiting card or letterheadChoose one, designed to match
No advance paymentYou pay only after approving your logo
Ready to start your logo?Send your business name in both languages. Nothing to pay until you approve.
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Get your Arabic spelling right before you start

The single most common problem with bilingual logos is not design. It is spelling.
Arabic transliteration of a business name is not automatic. The same English name can be written several defensible ways in Arabic, and the version on your trade licence is the one that legally counts. If your logo uses a different spelling to your licence, you may have a problem when you apply for signage approval — because the name on your sign has to match your licence.
You need to supply the exact Arabic spelling. We design with it — we do not decide it for you, and for good reason: the Arabic form of your name is a legal detail on your licence, not a design choice. Getting it wrong on a shopfront is an expensive mistake to discover late.
Before we begin, please send

1. Your business name in English, exactly as it appears on your trade licence
2. Your business name in Arabic, exactly as it appears on your trade licence

If your licence has not been issued yet, take the Arabic spelling from your name-reservation approval, or ask your business-setup consultant to confirm it. They will have it.
Do not rely on machine translation for a name that is going on a building. Automated transliteration regularly produces spellings that are technically readable but wrong for a registered trade name.

Who this is for

1
New businesses completing a trade licence

You need a logo for signage, cards and your bank application, and you need the Arabic version to match your licence.

2
Existing businesses with an English logo only

Common with companies that started online and are now opening a physical location, or moving into government and corporate work where Arabic materials are expected.

3
Businesses whose Arabic logo does not match their English one

Usually because the two were designed years apart by different people.

4
Companies serving both local and expat customers

In a market where both audiences matter, a logo that works properly in both scripts is simply more useful.

How it works

1
Send your details on WhatsApp

Business name in both languages, your industry, colours you like or want to avoid, and any logos you admire. Takes about five minutes.

2
Receive 5+ concepts

Original directions designed for your business, showing both the Arabic and English treatment. Pick one, or tell us what to change.

3
Approve, pay, receive files

Once you are happy, you pay AED 99 and we hand over the complete file pack in both languages.

Every logo is drawn by a human designer from your brief. We do not use logo generators or template libraries.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. We produce your logo with Arabic script alongside the English wordmark, designed together so both sit correctly beside each other. Send us the exact Arabic and English spellings of your business name and we design both versions as one project.

Both versions are designed together as one project for AED 99. You supply the exact Arabic spelling from your trade licence and we design the Arabic and English treatments side by side.

Within 48 to 72 hours. If your trade licence is being processed, that usually means your logo is ready before your licence is.

No — and you should be cautious of anyone who offers to. The Arabic form of your trade name is a legal detail recorded on your licence, not a design decision. Send us the official spelling and we design around it.

Requirements vary by emirate, free zone and property. Dubai’s outdoor advertising framework sets out that where Arabic is used, it must occupy at least 50% of the sign and sit above or to the right of the English. Confirm the exact requirement for your location and licence type with your municipality or signage contractor.

Use the spelling on your trade licence — that is the version that counts for signage approval. If your licence is not issued yet, tell us and we will finalise the Arabic once it is confirmed.

No, and they should not. The two scripts have different letterforms and proportions, so an identical appearance is not achievable. The goal is visual harmony — both versions carrying the same character and weight, so they clearly belong to the same brand.

Yes. You receive vector source files suitable for signage production. Your signage contractor will handle the permit application and any size adjustments required by your authority.

Yes. You receive the editable source files for both versions and own the design outright.

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Ready to start?

Send us your business name in Arabic and English on WhatsApp, and we will begin your concepts. Nothing to pay until you approve your logo.