Dear All, I am working on a docbook file that includes fragments in Arabic, e.g.: <foreignphrase lang="ar">أشهد الا اله الا الله و ان محمدا رسول الله</foreignphrase> These can be found by means of the lpath code: \xmlsetsetup{#1}{foreignphrase[@lang='ar']}{xml:foreignphrase:arabic} Now I am not sure how to typeset them, I tried different methods: \startxmlsetups xml:foreignphrase:arabic %\setupdirections[bidi=local] \setarabic \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups Can anybody help me out here? Regards, Robert