--- title: "Randa Zarnoufi — author profile and papers · Semitic languages" description: "Randa Zarnoufi, Mohammed V University: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2020–2025), h-index 2 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/randa-zarnoufi/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/randa-zarnoufi/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Randa Zarnoufi # Randa Zarnoufi Randa Zarnoufi has 2 papers in our library, in 2020–2025, most of them on [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/), [Sentiment & emotion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/); often with [Hamid Jaafar](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hamid-jaafar/). 2 papers in our library · 2020–2025 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5005008411) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3353-6704) · [**h-index 2**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5005008411) · [11 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5005008411) · [17 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5005008411&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/randa-zarnoufi/#papers) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #12588](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/126/#star-12588) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Randa+Zarnoufi) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Randa+Zarnoufi) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Randa+Zarnoufi) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Randa+Zarnoufi) ## Affiliations [🎓**Mohammed V University** Rabat · Morocco 2018–2025 · 9 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/mohammed-v-university/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 6 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Decision Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/decision-sciences/) · [Management Science and Operations Research · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/decision-sciences/management-science-and-operations-research/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Semitic languages · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) · [Sentiment & emotion · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/randa-zarnoufi/year/2025/) · [**2020** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/randa-zarnoufi/year/2020/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[MANorm: A Normalization Dictionary for Moroccan Arabic Dialect Written in Latin Script](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zarnoufi-2020-manorm-normalization-dictionary-moroccan-arabic/)** *(2020 · 2 citations)* Moroccan Arabic (Darija) has no standard spelling, so social-media users writing it in Latin letters improvise. One word can appear in many forms. For example, "chkoun" ("who") also shows up as "chkoune", "chkon", "chkone", "chkou" and "chkoon". This scattering hurts downstream NLP. 2. **[MAPROC at AHaSIS Shared Task: Few-Shot and Sentence Transformer for Sentiment Analysis of Arabic Hotel Reviews](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zarnoufi-2025-maproc-ahasis-shared-task-few/)** *(2025)* The paper describes a system for the AHaSIS shared task. The task asks for three-way sentiment labels (positive, neutral, negative) on hotel reviews written in two Arabic dialects, Moroccan Darija and Saudi. Annotated dialectal data is scarce, so the author does not rely on full fine-tuning of a large model. Instead… ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Hamid Jaafar](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hamid-jaafar/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing (RANLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/ranlp/): [RANLP 2025](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/ranlp/2025/) - [Arabic Natural Language Processing Workshop (WANLP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/wanlp/): [WANLP 2020](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/wanlp/2020/) Updated 2 November 2026