Update app.py

app.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import gradio as gr
 from pyvis.network import Network
-
+import pyarabic.araby as araby
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 import os
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def network_narrator(narrator_id, fst_year, lst_year, yaxis):
     allowpaymentrequest="" frameborder="0" srcdoc='{html}'></iframe>""", edges_prepped[['Teacher', 'Student', 'Tarafs', 'Hadiths', 'Isnads', 'Books']]
 
 def narrator_retriever(name):
-        return narrator_bios[(narrator_bios['Official Name'].str.contains(name)) | (narrator_bios['Famous Name'].str.contains(name)) | (narrator_bios['Rawi ID'].astype(str) == name)][['Rawi ID', 'Title Name', 'Official Name', 'Famous Name', 'Number of Narrations', 'Narrator Rank', 'Generation' ]]
+        return narrator_bios[(narrator_bios['Official Name'].apply(lambda x: araby.strip_diacritics(x)).str.contains(name)) | (narrator_bios['Famous Name'].apply(lambda x: araby.strip_diacritics(x)).str.contains(name)) | (narrator_bios['Rawi ID'].astype(str) == name)][['Rawi ID', 'Title Name', 'Official Name', 'Famous Name', 'Number of Narrations', 'Narrator Rank', 'Generation' ]]