MultiScript Bibliography using biber/xelatex/polyglossia

Question

I have succeeded in having a multiscript document using polyglossia. I tried to use biber to have a multiscript bibliography. Every thing compiles well but the Arabic Script in the .bib file doesn't print in the pdf file. It appears correctly in the TexWorks log but doesn't appear at all int he pdf file, with no related warning in the log, and even after forcing utf-8 encoding.

Here is the Minimal code:

in main.tex:

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}

\usepackage{polyglossia}
\setmainlanguage{english}
\setotherlanguage{arabic}

\usepackage{fontspec}
\newfontfamily\arabicfont[Script=Arabic,Scale=3]{Arabic Typesetting}

\usepackage[backend=biber,bibencoding=utf8,sorting=nyt]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{References/newref.bib}

in newref.bib

@article{arabic1,
author ={عزيزة مبارك العلوني, مريم عبد الرحمن السهلي, مهرة فارس المطيري, ندى محمد ميمني},
journal = {رسالة ماجستير غير منشورة},
title = {برنامج تعليمي الكتروني في تنمية بعض من مهارات الاستعداد للقراءة لدى  أطفال ما قبل المدرسة},
url = {http://www.minshawi.com/node/2241},
year = 2011
}

Update: here is the log:

Package biblatex Warning: Biber reported the following issues
(biblatex)                with 'arabic1':
(biblatex)                - Name "ط¹ط²ظٹط²ط© ظ…ط¨ط§ط±ظƒ ط§ظ„ط¹ظ„ظˆظ†ظٹ, ظ…ط±ظٹظ
… ط¹ط¨ط¯ ط§ظ„ط±ط­ظ…ظ† ط§ظ„ط³ظ‡ظ„ظٹ, ظ…ظ‡ط±ط© ظپط§ط±ط³ ط§ظ„ظ…ط·ظٹط±ظٹ, ظ†ط¯ظ‰ ظ…
ط­ظ…ط¯ ظ…ظٹظ…ظ†ظٹ" has too many commas: skipping name.

)
Package biblatex Info: Reference section=0 on input line 74.
Package biblatex Info: Reference segment=0 on input line 74.
Requested font "[lmsans12-regular]:mapping=tex-text" at 12.0pt
 -> C:/Program Files/MiKTeX 2.9/fonts/opentype/public/lm/lmsans12-regular.otf
Requested font "[lmsans10-regular]:mapping=tex-text" at 10.95pt
 -> C:/Program Files/MiKTeX 2.9/fonts/opentype/public/lm/lmsans10-regular.otf
Requested font "[lmsans10-bold]:mapping=tex-text" at 12.0pt
 -> C:/Program Files/MiKTeX 2.9/fonts/opentype/public/lm/lmsans10-bold.otf
File: TitlePage/GUC-logo-ss.ps Graphic file (type eps)
 <TitlePage/GUC-logo-ss.ps>
Requested font "[lmsans17-regular]:mapping=tex-text" at 17.28pt
 -> C:/Program Files/MiKTeX 2.9/fonts/opentype/public/lm/lmsans17-regular.otf
File: TitlePage/logo2.eps Graphic file (type eps)
 <TitlePage/logo2.eps>
Requested font "[lmsans10-bold]:mapping=tex-text" at 17.28pt
 -> C:/Program Files/MiKTeX 2.9/fonts/opentype/public/lm/lmsans10-bold.otf

Overfull \vbox (91.82722pt too high) detected at line 83
 []

Requested font "[lmsans10-bold]:mapping=tex-text" at 10.95pt
 -> C:/Program Files/MiKTeX 2.9/fonts/opentype/public/lm/lmsans10-bold.otf
Requested font "[lmroman10-regular]:mapping=tex-text" at 10.95pt
 -> C:/Program Files/MiKTeX 2.9/fonts/opentype/public/lm/lmroman10-regular.otf
[1

] [1

] ("E:\Lolla\My Work\Masters\Thesis files\Thesis\main.toc"
Requested font "[lmroman12-bold]:mapping=tex-text" at 12.0pt
 -> C:/Program Files/MiKTeX 2.9/fonts/opentype/public/lm/lmroman12-bold.otf
Requested font "[lmroman8-regular]:mapping=tex-text" at 8.0pt
 -> C:/Program Files/MiKTeX 2.9/fonts/opentype/public/lm/lmroman8-regular.otf
Requested font "[lmroman6-regular]:mapping=tex-text" at 6.0pt
 -> C:/Program Files/MiKTeX 2.9/fonts/opentype/public/lm/lmroman6-regular.otf
Requested font "cmmi12" at 12.0pt
 -> cmmi12
Requested font "cmmi8" at 8.0pt
 -> cmmi8
Requested font "cmmi6" at 6.0pt
 -> cmmi6
Requested font "cmsy10" at 12.0pt
 -> cmsy10
Requested font "cmsy8" at 8.0pt
 -> cmsy8
Requested font "cmsy6" at 6.0pt
 -> cmsy6
LaTeX Font Info:    External font `cmex10' loaded for size
(Font)              <12> on input line 7.
LaTeX Font Info:    External font `cmex10' loaded for size
(Font)              <8> on input line 7.
LaTeX Font Info:    External font `cmex10' loaded for size
(Font)              <6> on input line 7.
Requested font "cmr8" at 8.0pt
 -> cmr8
Requested font "cmr6" at 6.0pt
 -> cmr6
 [2])
\tf@toc=\write4
 [3]

Two things I noticed in the log, Joseph: first the Arabic Characters don't show here either, although they showed in the TexWorks log correctly. Also, there is the msans font requested. I have no idea why it is requested. As a workaround, I will try to set the English font to the same font for Arabic and see what happens...

Answer 1

Not sure about Arabic and biber but you may want to have a look at persian-bib package.