title: How to convert arabic character to its base glyph form in Python 3?
body: <p>As a single arabic character can take on multiple glyph forms there are multiple unicode/utf-8 encoding for each form e.g <em>Aleph</em>: <strong><code>Isolated == ا</code></strong> with <code>utf-8==\xD8\xA7</code>, <strong><code>Final == ـا</code></strong> with <code>utf-8==\xD9\x80\xD8\xA7</code>, <strong><code>Hamza == أ / إ</code></strong> with <code>utf-8==\xD8\xA5 / \xD8\xA3</code>, <strong><code>Maddah == آ</code></strong> with <code>utf-8==\xD8\xA2</code>, <strong><code>Maqsurah == ى</code></strong> with <code>utf-8==\xD9\x89</code>, where the base form would be the isolated aleph with <code>utf-8==\xD8\xA7</code>.</p>
  <p>How can I convert an arabic character to its base glyph form in Python 3?</p>