
Designing Arabic-first dashboards
Why we start with right-to-left, and the few things that should never mirror.
Hi, I’m Tamara
SaaS products, design systems and community work from the last six years.
Helped start Lucidya’s first design system, now guiding it across teams.
Customer dashboards, profiles and navigation for Social Listening and Omnichannel.
WCAG 2.1 audits brought into the product lifecycle, before launch instead of after.
4–5 workshops on UX, accessibility and product thinking, 30–40 people each.
Notes on design systems, accessibility and designing in Arabic first.

Why we start with right-to-left, and the few things that should never mirror.

A short checklist that fits inside a normal sprint.

What we built first, and what we left for later.

Icons, numbers and charts in RTL need their own rules.

The format I use to keep feedback kind and useful.

Tokens that make sense in Arabic and in English.

What 35 students taught me about explaining design.

Where the keyboard goes next belongs in the mockup.

Notes from coordinating outreach with World Central Kitchen.