Suggestions for arabic

The following packages have something in common with the package arabic. The packages are ordered in decreasing similarity.

Package nth: Generate English ordinal numbers
Package binhex: Convert numbers into binary, octal and hexadecimal
Package dectab: Align columns on a decimal point
Package hex: Print a counter in hexadecimal
Package format: Display a counter as a fixed-point number
Package tuple: Expandable operations for tuples of numbers
Package seceqn: Number theorems by section
Package ruler: A typographic ruler for TeX
Package olsak-misc: Collection of plain TeX macros written by Petr Olšák
Package backgrnd: Mark text with grey background or change bar
Package dow: Calculate day of week from a numeric date
Package emtrees: Draw labelled trees, using emTeX \specials
Package fakebold: A simple macro for faking bold fonts
Package hep-gen: Generic macros for quantum physics
Package longdiv: Long division arithmetic problems
Package letterspacing: Letter spacing
Package outerhbox: Collect horizontal material for contributing to a paragraph
Package ragged: Generic ragged left and ragged right options
Package swrule: Lines thicker in the middle than at the ends
Package undertilde-gen: A simple macro for placing a tilde under a character
Package verbatim-gen: Generic macros for setting text verbatim
Package wiggly: Draw wiggly lines under text
Package calendarweek: Calculate the week number of a date
Package epigram: Display short quotations
Package quotation: Typeset an attributed quotation
Package underlin-generic: Multi-word underlining
Package inscrutable: A response to Perl hackers’ silliness
Package endnote: Generic endnotes code
Package mathlig: Define maths ligatures
Package tabto-generic: Tab to a measured position in the line
Package zip: Barcodes for USA ZIP code