We have news from New York University Libraries that they are in the process of creating a digital library of Arabic materials available to the world. They are working with many other institutions to accomplish the task.

The announcement here:

http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2013/04/10/nyu-announces-project-to-create-arabic-collections-online-an-arabic-language-digital-public-library.html

Best,

Alex.