diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+SOURCES/hunspell-ar_20080110.tar.gz
diff --git a/.hunspell-ar.metadata b/.hunspell-ar.metadata
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+3fc5bdcaa428205681eaa765efcd86c370ec7449 SOURCES/hunspell-ar_20080110.tar.gz
diff --git a/SPECS/hunspell-ar.spec b/SPECS/hunspell-ar.spec
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+%global upstreamid 20080110
+
+Summary: Arabic hunspell dictionaries
+Name: hunspell-ar
+Version: 0.%{upstreamid}
+Release: 10%{?dist}
+License: GPLv2 or LGPLv2 or MPLv1.1
+Group: Applications/Text
+URL: http://ayaspell.sourceforge.net/
+Source: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/ayaspell/hunspell-ar_%{upstreamid}.tar.gz
+
+BuildArch: noarch
+Requires: hunspell
+
+%description
+Arabic (Egypt, Algeria, etc.) hunspell dictionaries.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n %{name}_%{upstreamid}
+
+%build
+# nothing to build
+
+%install
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/myspell
+cp -p ar.dic $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/myspell/ar_TN.dic
+cp -p ar.aff $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/myspell/ar_TN.aff
+
+pushd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/myspell/
+ar_TN_aliases="ar_AE ar_BH ar_DJ ar_DZ ar_EG ar_ER ar_IL ar_IN ar_IQ ar_JO ar_KM ar_KW ar_LB ar_LY ar_MA ar_MR ar_OM ar_PS ar_QA ar_SA ar_SD ar_SO ar_SY ar_TD ar_YE"
+for lang in $ar_TN_aliases; do
+    ln -s ar_TN.aff $lang.aff
+    ln -s ar_TN.dic $lang.dic
+done
+popd
+
+%files
+%doc AUTHORS ChangeLog-ar COPYING README-ar THANKS
+%{_datadir}/myspell/*
+
+%changelog
+* Fri Dec 27 2013 Daniel Mach <dmach@redhat.com> - 0.20080110-10
+- Mass rebuild 2013-12-27
+
+* Thu Feb 14 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.20080110-9
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_19_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Mon Nov 12 2012 Peter Schiffer <pschiffe@redhat.com> - 0.20080110-8
+- .spec file cleanup
+
+* Thu Jul 19 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.20080110-7
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Fri Jan 13 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.20080110-6
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Wed Feb 09 2011 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.20080110-5
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Fri Jul 24 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.20080110-4
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Wed May 06 2009 Caolan McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 0.20080110-3
+- extend aliases
+
+* Tue Feb 24 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.20080110-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Apr 28 2008 Caolan McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 0.20080110-1
+- use the much lighter ayaspell data instead of Buckwalter
+
+* Wed Jun 06 2007 Caolan McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> - 0.20060208-1
+- initial version