Arab League: The Arabic language is the greatest vessel for preserving the ancient cultural heritage
The Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the Arab Affairs and National Security Sector at the League of Arab States, Ambassador Khalil Ibrahim Al-Thawadi, confirmed that the League’s General Secretariat places the Arabic language among its priorities as it is a national language and the greatest vessel for preserving the ancient cultural heritage.
It came. This was stated in Ambassador Khalil Al-Thawadi’s opening speech at the Tenth International Conference on the Arabic Language in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which began today, Thursday, and will continue for three days under the patronage of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai. And the presence of Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairwoman of the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority.
Ambassador Al-Thawadi said that the participation of the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States in this important conference comes in The framework for activating the memorandum of understanding between the General Secretariat of the League and the International Council for the Arabic Language, which was concluded in 2017, referring to the decision issued by the Social Committee of the Economic and Social Council on the first of last September, which calls for updating the Arab strategy for the advancement of the Arabic language under the slogan “ Empowering the Arabic language is a symbol of our identity and a tool for its development. And the strategic executive plan attached to it, keeping pace with global changes and the ongoing challenges facing the Arab language and identity.
Al-Thawadi, in his speech distributed by the Arab League, noted the existing cooperation between the League’s General Secretariat and the Council. International Conference on the Arabic Language by launching the “Arabic Language Month” initiative. From February 21 to March 22, every year, in a month of work, training, and presenting initiatives, honors, competitions, and celebrations in the Arabic language.
The Mohammed bin Rashid Award for the Arabic Language was honored , League of Arab States, in the category of linguistic policy and planning, where Ambassador Khalil Al-Thawadi received the honoring award.
The award categories include: the best initiative for teaching and learning the Arabic language in early education, and the best An initiative to teach the Arabic language in school education (from the first to the twelfth grade), the best initiative to teach the Arabic language to non-native speakers, the best smart application for the Arabic language and its dissemination, the best initiative to address the Arabic language technically, and the best work in the Arabic language in electronic media and social media channels. The best initiative to serve the Arabic language in the media, the best initiative in linguistic policy and planning, the best Arabization or translation project, the best artistic, cultural or intellectual work to serve the Arabic language, and the best initiative to promote the culture of reading and create a knowledge society.
A delegation from the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States is participating in the work of the Tenth International Conference on the Arabic Language in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, headed by the Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the Arab Affairs and National Security Sector at the League of Arab States, Ambassador Khalil Ibrahim Al-Thawadi, The membership includes: Iman Trabelsi, researcher and editor at the University Center in Tunisia, and Wafa Muhammad Hussein, responsible for the Council’s file and the Arabic language in the Department of Culture and Dialogue of Civilizations.
More than a thousand scholars and specialists are attending the conference sessions. In the Arabic language from all over the world, papers and research are presented on topics related to the Arabic language and its importance in the modern era.
This annual conference aims to enhance the status of the Arabic language globally and support the efforts made. By parties actively interested in its development, development and dissemination.
