title: Apache .htaccess redirects for URL's with Arabic characters
body: <p>I have been trying to add some .htaccess redirection rules for URL's with parts in Arabic. Obviously, I am using the Arabic part, URL encoded, but still Apache seems to not be able to resolve the URL, either catch it in the condition or redirect it. Does anyone have any experience on the subject?</p>
  
  <p>This is one line from the config file</p>
  
  <pre><code>RewriteRule ^arabic/%D8%AE%D9%85%D8%B3-%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%82-%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%‌​A9-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8‌​6%D8%AF(.*)$ /blog/sa-ar/%D8%AE%D9%85%D8%B3-%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%82-%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF‌​%D8%A9-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A8%D8%A7%‌​D9%86%D8%AF/$1 [R=301,L]
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