problem with search for Arabic countries in Arabic language

there are two type of the first letter in the Arabic alphabet which are ( ا ) and ( أ ) and they are kind of the same letter in country names so both should function as the same letter not as two letters when the country name contains any of them
example of the problem:
when searching for Jordan ( الأردن ) most of users will write it as ( الاردن ) and it will not show because of the letter ( أ ) is not functioning as the letter ( ا ) but it should.
and the same for the other names