https://alaa-ali.com/blog/ Notes on UX, design, teaching, the podcast and building things for my kids. English and Arabic. https://alaa-ali.com/blog/300-childrens-books/ar/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/300-childrens-books/ar/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTقبل ما أصمم تطبيقات كنت أرسم كتب أطفال. الطفل ما بيقدر يسأل الرسام شو معنى الصفحة، ولا المستخدم بيقدر يسألك.drawing https://alaa-ali.com/blog/300-childrens-books/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/300-childrens-books/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTBefore I designed apps I drew picture books. Kids can't ask the illustrator what a page means, and neither can your users.drawing https://alaa-ali.com/blog/app-needs-a-manual/ar/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/app-needs-a-manual/ar/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTخمس علامات إنو التصميم بيحكي لغة غير لغة الناس، وكيف تصلحها قبل ما تكتب أول سطر من الدليل.design https://alaa-ali.com/blog/app-needs-a-manual/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/app-needs-a-manual/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTFive signs your design speaks a different language than the people using it, and how to fix them before you write the first line of a help guide.design https://alaa-ali.com/blog/before-we-start/ar/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/before-we-start/ar/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTخمسطعش سنة شغل مع شركات ناشئة وشركات ألعاب وغرف أخبار وجهات حكومية، ملخّصة بكم سؤال وعادة بيقرروا إذا المشروع رح يمشي منيح.clients https://alaa-ali.com/blog/before-we-start/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/before-we-start/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTFifteen years of working with startups, game companies, newsrooms and governments boiled down to the few questions and habits that decide whether a project goes well.clients https://alaa-ali.com/blog/designing-for-kids/ar/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/designing-for-kids/ar/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTقواعد صغيرة بمشي عليها لما المستخدم عمره تمان سنين، من لون الجواب الغلط لإنو كلمة "امتحان" ما بتنكتب أبداً.girls https://alaa-ali.com/blog/designing-for-kids/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/designing-for-kids/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTSmall rules I follow when the user is eight, from the colour of a wrong answer to never using the word "exam".girls https://alaa-ali.com/blog/dont-add-anything/ar/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/dont-add-anything/ar/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTإعادة تصميم ممنوع فيها أي ميزة جديدة، فاضطر كل تحسين ييجي من الترتيب والتجميع وضبط النفس. وهون أصلاً معظم قيمة أي داشبورد.design https://alaa-ali.com/blog/dont-add-anything/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/dont-add-anything/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTA redesign where new features were off the table forced every improvement to come from arrangement, grouping and restraint. It's where most of the value in a dashboard lives anyway.design https://alaa-ali.com/blog/from-couches-to-pixels/ar/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/from-couches-to-pixels/ar/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTكيف ولد بنجّد كنب وبلعب بلايستيشن في إربد صار مدير تجربة مستخدم بالمنطقة، تحويلة ورا تحويلة.about https://alaa-ali.com/blog/from-couches-to-pixels/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/from-couches-to-pixels/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTHow an upholsterer and PlayStation kid from Irbid ended up directing UX across MENA, one detour at a time.about https://alaa-ali.com/blog/ftoor-designer/ar/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/ftoor-designer/ar/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTمصممين، مايكروفون، ومنيو. قصة البودكاست اللي قدّمته مع أسامة خليل، وليش كل حلقة اسمها أكلة فطور.podcast https://alaa-ali.com/blog/ftoor-designer/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/ftoor-designer/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTTwo designers, a microphone and a menu. The story of the Arabic design podcast I co-hosted with Osama Khalil, and why every episode is a breakfast food.podcast https://alaa-ali.com/blog/grey-boxes-first/ar/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/grey-boxes-first/ar/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTليش بتّفق على هيكل المنتج بوايرفريمز بسيطة قبل ما حدا يشوف أي لون، بمثال من إعادة تصميم تطبيق تتبّع أساطيل.design https://alaa-ali.com/blog/grey-boxes-first/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/grey-boxes-first/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTWhy I agree the structure of a product in lo-fi wireframes before anyone sees a colour, with an example from redesigning a fleet-tracking app.design https://alaa-ali.com/blog/lessons-from-57-breakfasts/ar/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/lessons-from-57-breakfasts/ar/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTبعد أربع سنين ونحنا نحكي عن التصميم كل أسبوع، هاي الأفكار اللي علقت معي، والفكرة اللي لسا بتناقش فيها مع حالي.podcast https://alaa-ali.com/blog/lessons-from-57-breakfasts/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/lessons-from-57-breakfasts/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTAfter four years of talking about design every week, these are the ideas that stuck, and the ones I still argue with myself about.podcast https://alaa-ali.com/blog/my-two-toughest-users/ar/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/my-two-toughest-users/ar/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTشو علّمني تصميم تطبيق مصروف لبناتي عن الثقة والإثبات، وعن الفيدباك اللي بيوصل على شكل باب بيتسكّر.girls https://alaa-ali.com/blog/my-two-toughest-users/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/my-two-toughest-users/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTWhat designing an allowance app for my daughters taught me about trust, proof and feedback that arrives as a slammed door.girls https://alaa-ali.com/blog/pencil-to-ipad/ar/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/pencil-to-ipad/ar/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTخمسطعش سنة من أدوات الرسم، من الورق سنة ٢٠٠٧ للآيباد اللي برسم عليه شروحات الـ UX، وليش السكتش لسا أسرع طريقة بعرفها للتفكير.drawing https://alaa-ali.com/blog/pencil-to-ipad/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/pencil-to-ipad/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTFifteen years of drawing tools, from paper in 2007 to the iPad I draw my UX explainers on, and why sketching is still the fastest way I know to think.drawing https://alaa-ali.com/blog/three-things-said-kindly/ar/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/three-things-said-kindly/ar/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTكيف بعمل مراجعة UX لمنتج مبني أصلاً. مش مية ملاحظة بجدول، بس الكم ملاحظة اللي بتغيّر، ومساعدة بالتصليح.clients https://alaa-ali.com/blog/three-things-said-kindly/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/three-things-said-kindly/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTHow I run a UX review for a product that's already built. Not a hundred findings in a spreadsheet, just the few that change things, and help fixing them.clients https://alaa-ali.com/blog/verdict-first/ar/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/verdict-first/ar/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTإعادة تصميم تقرير تاريخ سيارة لمشتري متوتر بيقرأه على موبايله بموقف سيارات. البيانات كانت كلها موجودة، بس ما كانت بتحكي.design https://alaa-ali.com/blog/verdict-first/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/verdict-first/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTRedesigning a vehicle history report for a nervous buyer reading it on a phone in a car park. The data was all there. It just didn't speak.design https://alaa-ali.com/blog/why-i-built-siba/ar/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/why-i-built-siba/ar/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTالقصة ورا Siba، تطبيق دراسة لبناتي، من لفّة شات ملخبطة بالليل لأول ليلة ما صحّحت فيها ولا كويز.girls https://alaa-ali.com/blog/why-i-built-siba/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/why-i-built-siba/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTThe story behind Siba, a study app for my daughters, from a messy chat loop at night to the first evening I didn't mark a single quiz.girls https://alaa-ali.com/blog/why-i-teach/ar/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/why-i-teach/ar/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTجامعات، معسكرات، زين، 42 عمّان، وبرنامج للأطفال. ليش لسا بدرّس، وشو بتعلّمني القاعات بالمقابل.about https://alaa-ali.com/blog/why-i-teach/https://alaa-ali.com/blog/why-i-teach/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMTUniversities, bootcamps, Zain, 42 Amman, a kids' program. Why I keep teaching, and what the rooms keep teaching me back.about