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I know that not all of my questions should go under this forum, but I really have a surge of inquiries that I need to put down or else I won't be able to sleep :)
OK, let try to take these one at a time...

1- Categories and subcategories.
The way for creating a category is to write an article and then assign it to a cateogory through righting this in the code.
Correct. The proper way to do it would be to type: [[Category:Category Name|Page name]] (the last part is to keep the list in alphabetical order).

Is there another way to do that? I mean can I do a tree of knowlege myself instead of keeping it to the contriutors.
In order to create a structured category tree, you then need to categorize your categories. Unfortunately, you can't prevent users creating new categories outside of your ideal classification, but that's the fun of being an admin ;)

2- OK, now I have several catogories, where can I see the map of their heirarchy?
There is no map per se. I suggest you start by creating a "main" category and list your root categories there. To help you manage everything, there are a few special pages to help you out: Uncategorized categories, Unused categories, but it's by looking at [[Special:Categories]] that you'll find the list of all categories on your wiki. For the mapping, you're on your own...

3- How can I obtain an A-Z map for my articles?
Again, no map but check out [[Special:Allpages]]

4- is there an advaned search hack for mediawiki
Could you be a little more precise? And please do search and read the threads already available before posting all of your questions at once :)

5- how do I create a "disambiguation"?
Basically like any other page and categorize it accordingly ([[Category:disambiguation]]). The thing is that you don't usually start out creating such pages; the need will arise when you find articles that call for it and want to use the main theme page for disambiguation. You then move the page you want to use, etc. Post back when the need arises.

6- how do I make an article redicrets to another automatically?
#REDIRECT [[Other article]]

7- is there a dedicated admin control panel? I guess there isn't, is there?
When you're logged in as an admin, you have access to new special page that regular users can't see. The problem is that since you don't seem to even know the basic special pages, you may not see the difference until you go back to one of the main site with only user privileges...

8- how do I change the content of the side menus and add a new menu?
[[MediaWiki:Sidebar]] : Search the forums if you need more help on the topic; it's been discussed elsewhere.

9- I followed the instructions on the adminmanual, still upload feature does not work neither on the site nor on the server on my PC.
Again, search the forum and if you don't find the thread, we'll try to post it back here for you later.

10- some Eastern language this problem occurs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat
But in Arabic the link looks like this:
http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%B7
why does this strange string of characters appears instead of the word in Arabic?
It simply means that either the browser or the version of MySQL that your wiki runs on has problems with unicode support. These are refered to as "ugly URLs" compared to the new "fancy URLs" that recognize unicode support. If you still think you have a bug, please start different threads with your different problems; it will make it that much easier to answer you and that much easier for readers who may be looking for the same information as you.

Thanks a lot
You're welcome but if you don't mind my friendly advice, it's always best to have prior experience, say on Wikipedia, before trying to run the whole thing yourself if you still have trouble with the basics.

Take your time to read all the information already available here and don't hesitate to share with us how things are moving along.