code: def strip_harakat(text):
      """Strip Harakat from arabic word except Shadda.
      The striped marks are :
  
      - FATHA, DAMMA, KASRA
      - SUKUN
      - FATHATAN, DAMMATAN, KASRATAN,
  
      @param text: arabic text.
      @type text: unicode.
      @return: return a striped text.
      @rtype: unicode.
      """
      # if text:
      # return  re.sub(HARAKAT_PATTERN, u'', text)
      # return text
      if not text:
          return text
      elif is_vocalized(text):
          for char in HARAKAT:
              text = text.replace(char, "")
      return text
  
imports: import re
  from cltk.phonology.arb.utils.pyarabic import stack
label_desc: Use image node_id 31 for calling a global function with example usage: strip_harakat(text) and returns: text, text