diff --git a/richeditor-compose/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/mohamedrejeb/richeditor/parser/html/CssEncoder.kt b/richeditor-compose/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/mohamedrejeb/richeditor/parser/html/CssEncoder.kt
index 01b3e85f..db31a716 100644
--- a/richeditor-compose/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/mohamedrejeb/richeditor/parser/html/CssEncoder.kt
+++ b/richeditor-compose/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/mohamedrejeb/richeditor/parser/html/CssEncoder.kt
@@ -140,10 +140,14 @@ internal object CssEncoder {
      * @param cssStyleMap the CSS style map to convert.
      * @return the converted [ParagraphStyle].
      */
-    internal fun parseCssStyleMapToParagraphStyle(cssStyleMap: Map<String, String>): ParagraphStyle {
+    internal fun parseCssStyleMapToParagraphStyle(
+        cssStyleMap: Map<String, String>,
+        attributes: Map<String,String>
+    ): ParagraphStyle {
+        val direction = cssStyleMap["direction"] ?: attributes["dir"]
         return ParagraphStyle(
             textAlign = cssStyleMap["text-align"]?.let { parseCssTextAlign(it) } ?: TextAlign.Unspecified,
-            textDirection = cssStyleMap["direction"]?.let { parseCssTextDirection(it) } ?: TextDirection.Unspecified,
+            textDirection = direction?.let { parseCssTextDirection(it) } ?: TextDirection.Unspecified,
             lineHeight = cssStyleMap["line-height"]?.let { parseCssLineHeight(it) } ?: TextUnit.Unspecified,
             textIndent = cssStyleMap["text-indent"]?.let { parseCssTextIndent(it) },
         )
diff --git a/richeditor-compose/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/mohamedrejeb/richeditor/parser/html/RichTextStateHtmlParser.kt b/richeditor-compose/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/mohamedrejeb/richeditor/parser/html/RichTextStateHtmlParser.kt
index a497a635..5c4328e1 100644
--- a/richeditor-compose/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/mohamedrejeb/richeditor/parser/html/RichTextStateHtmlParser.kt
+++ b/richeditor-compose/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/mohamedrejeb/richeditor/parser/html/RichTextStateHtmlParser.kt
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ internal object RichTextStateHtmlParser : RichTextStateParser<String> {
                     val paragraphType = encodeHtmlElementToRichParagraphType(lastOpenedTag)
                     currentRichParagraph.type = paragraphType
 
-                    val cssParagraphStyle = CssEncoder.parseCssStyleMapToParagraphStyle(cssStyleMap)
+                    val cssParagraphStyle = CssEncoder.parseCssStyleMapToParagraphStyle(cssStyleMap, attributes)
                     currentRichParagraph.paragraphStyle = currentRichParagraph.paragraphStyle.merge(cssParagraphStyle)
                 }
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ internal object RichTextStateHtmlParser : RichTextStateParser<String> {
                     if (name == "li" && lastOpenedTag != null) {
                         paragraphType = encodeHtmlElementToRichParagraphType(lastOpenedTag)
                     }
-                    val cssParagraphStyle = CssEncoder.parseCssStyleMapToParagraphStyle(cssStyleMap)
+                    val cssParagraphStyle = CssEncoder.parseCssStyleMapToParagraphStyle(cssStyleMap, attributes)
 
                     newRichParagraph.paragraphStyle = newRichParagraph.paragraphStyle.merge(cssParagraphStyle)
                     newRichParagraph.type = paragraphType
diff --git a/richeditor-compose/src/commonTest/kotlin/com.mohamedrejeb.richeditor/parser/html/CssEncoderTest.kt b/richeditor-compose/src/commonTest/kotlin/com.mohamedrejeb.richeditor/parser/html/CssEncoderTest.kt
index 29104b5f..ecc30036 100644
--- a/richeditor-compose/src/commonTest/kotlin/com.mohamedrejeb.richeditor/parser/html/CssEncoderTest.kt
+++ b/richeditor-compose/src/commonTest/kotlin/com.mohamedrejeb.richeditor/parser/html/CssEncoderTest.kt
@@ -382,4 +382,15 @@ class CssEncoderTest {
             CssEncoder.parseCssTextIndent(textIndent4),
         )
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testParseCssStyleMapToParagraphStyle() {
+        val paragraphStyle = CssEncoder.parseCssStyleMapToParagraphStyle(
+            cssStyleMap = mapOf("direction" to "ltr"),
+            attributes = mapOf("dir" to "rtl")
+        )
+
+        assertEquals(TextDirection.Ltr, paragraphStyle.textDirection)
+    }
+
 }
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