First federal website in Spanish
Zakat Fund
Website
reflects its motto “Modern vision
”for an Islamic obligation
In each issue of Smart Government magazine, we review
one of the federal websites to highlight its main strengths
as well as areas for improvement. Our common goal is for
the user to be able to access government services easily
and conveniently anytime anywhere in line with the UAE
Vision 2021.
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Zakat Fund website homepage in Spanish
In this issue, we review the website
of the Zakat Fund, one of the global
pioneering institutuions that deal with
zakat. The Zakat Fund is a leading
entity driven by its motto “A modern
vision for an Islamic obligation.”
Accessibility:
‘Accessibility’ refers to a website that
is comaptible with different browsers,
has an easy to remember URL and
is easily accessed through search
engines. People with special needs
should be able to use the website
with no difficulty.
Following are a few remarks on
Zakat Fund website in this regard:
The website has an easy to remem-
ber URL (
)
and cab be reached through the Ara-
bic domain (
.)صندوق-الزكاة.امارات
It appears among the top results
when searching for zakat related
keywords.
It is available in 3 languages; Arabic,
English and Spanish; the first federal
website in the UAE to be launched in
Spanish (screenshot 1)
It offers Text-to-Speech facility. How-
ever, it’ll be a good idea to highlight
the parts being read to make it easier
for the user to follow.
Usability and Design:
‘Usability’ refers to ease of using the
website. A key methodology for as-
sessing usability is to have a User-
Centred Design (UCD).
Following are a few remarks on
Zakat Fund website in this regard:
The homepage highlights all the ser-
vices a user might need such as za-
kat calculation and payment, fatwas,
map of ATMs for paying zakat, etc.
The sub-menus that drop from the
main menu items appear horizontally
with two arrows on the right and left
to navigate. It’ll be easier for the user
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