Omar-youssef/islamic-qa-egyptian-arabic

Egyptian Arabic Islamic QA Dataset

Dataset Description

This dataset contains 7,465 question-answer pairs in Egyptian Arabic covering comprehensive Islamic studies topics. The dataset serves as a valuable resource for developing Arabic NLP models focused on Islamic education and religious knowledge.

Key Features

• —Language: Egyptian Arabic (العامية المصرية)
• —Domain: Islamic Studies
• —Size: 7,465 examples
• —Format: Question-Answer pairs with topic categorization
• —Content: Authentic Islamic knowledge from Quran, Hadith, and scholarly consensus

Topics Covered

The dataset encompasses diverse Islamic topics including:

• —العقيدة (Islamic Creed/Theology)
• —الفقه (Islamic Jurisprudence)
• —السنة النبوية (Prophetic Tradition/Hadith)
• —التوحيد (Monotheism/Tawheed)
• —الغزوات (Islamic Battles/Military Expeditions)
• —العبادات (Acts of Worship)
• —الأخلاق (Islamic Ethics/Morality)
• —السيرة النبوية (Prophet's Biography)

Dataset Structure

Data Fields

• —`question`: Islamic questions in Egyptian Arabic dialect
• —`answer`: Detailed answers in Egyptian Arabic (varying from concise 1-2 sentences to detailed 5-8 sentence explanations)
• —`source_topics`: Topic categories for each QA pair

Example

{
  "question": "إيه هو صلح الحديبية باختصار؟",
  "answer": "صلح الحديبية كان اتفاق سلام مهم اتعمل بين الرسول محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم وقريش سنة ستة هجريًا عند منطقة الحديبية. الاتفاق ده كان هدفه الرئيسي وقف القتال بين الطرفين لمدة عشر سنين، ومهد الطريق لأحداث تاريخية كبيرة بعد كده.",
  "source_topics": "بنود وأهمية صلح الحديبية"
}

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

dataset = load_dataset("Omar-youssef/islamic-qa-egyptian-arabic")

Applications

• —Islamic education and learning platforms
• —Arabic NLP model training for religious content
• —Islamic chatbots and Q&A systems
• —Research in Arabic language processing for religious texts
• —Educational tools for Egyptian Arabic speakers

License

Apache 2.0 License

Citation

@dataset{islamic_qa_egyptian_arabic_2025,
  title={Egyptian Arabic Islamic QA Dataset},
  author={Omar Youssef},
  year={2025},
  publisher={Hugging Face},
  url={https://huggingface.co/datasets/Omar-youssef/islamic-qa-egyptian-arabic}
}