PalGeoLLM

PalGeoLLM is a project dedicated to Palestinian geography and history. It features a high-quality Arabic QA dataset (20k+ pairs) and a mobile chatbot application designed to provide accurate, unbiased information.

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Overview

Understanding Palestine’s geography and preserving its cultural identity is more important than ever. This project integrates machine learning and mobile development to offer a chatbot that can accurately answer questions about Palestine, from cities and landmarks to historical and demographic details.

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📢 Latest Updates

• [Jan 2026] Dataset Revision: We have updated the dataset to version 2.0.Update: We have restructured the dataset splits to enhance the training workflow and evaluation accuracy. The current version provides a more robust benchmark for the model.

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PalGeoLLM Data Splits (v2.0):

The dataset is partitioned as follows:

• Training Set: 18,277 question-answer pairs
• Development (Dev) Set: 922 question-answer pairs
• Test Set: 945 question-answer pairs

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🔧 How to Run

1. Clone the repo:

    git clone [https://github.com/SinaLab/PalGeoLLM.git](https://github.com/SinaLab/PalGeoLLM.git)    ```
   

2. Set up the Flutter app:

   cd app
   flutter pub get
   flutter run

3. The app communicates with a fine-tuned LLM hosted on Hugging Face to generate answers.

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Objectives

• Counter LLM biases against Palestine by fine-tuning on reliable Arabic sources.

• Build an accessible and educational mobile tool.

• Raise awareness of Palestine’s geographic and cultural identity.

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Support Palestine Through Technology

“Technology is a tool — we chose to use it to preserve our truth.”