AraHopeCorpus: Annotation Guidelines and Dataset for Hope Speech in Arabic Social Media Crisis Discourse

In three linesAraHopeCorpus is the first annotated dataset of Arabic hope speech from 10,000 YouTube comments on the Gaza war (2023-2024). 64% contain hope speech (religious encouragement, collective solidarity, optimism). Cohen's Kappa=0.71. ChatGPT shows limitations on dialects and culturally embedded expressions.

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