World Arabic Literacy Day 2016

Al-Madinah International University (MEDIU) recently celebrate cultural events ‘World Arabic Literacy Day’ organized by the Faculty of Language and Centre of Languages on Friday, 9 September 2016 under the auspices of Honorable CEO, Prof.Dr.Mohammad Khalifa Al-Tamimi. The event was attended by lecturers and students from the respective faculty. The program plays the role of the university in promoting Arabic as the main language of communication between the students and lecturers.

The event begins with  recitation verses of Al-Quran and a short lecture on the role and importance of Arabic language was presented by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Flayyih Mudhhi Ahmed, Head of Arabic Literature and Literary Criticism. He also briefed on the background of the World Day of Arabic Language celebration. Dean, Faculty of Languages; Assoc.Prof.Dr. Daud Quadir Elega also gave a speech on the importance and beauty of the Arabic language and MEDIU’s role and  contribution in spreading the Arabic language medium through its modern techniques learning process. He also explained the program Mubeen, namely a recognized training program for teaching Arabic to non-Arabic speakers, through diversified courses suitable to the needs of the applicant. Mubeen program is a joint venture TAOQ Public Relations, a subsidiary of Saudi Research and Marketing Group The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh.`

Among the main objectives of the event is to show the role of university in upholding interest issues related to Arabic language, to discuss the role and impact of the language in the present and the future  as well as defining the roles of Arabic languages among other national languages around the world.At the end of the program, Asst. Prof. Dr. Elsayed Mohamed Salem; Head Department of Arabic Language and Dean of Library Affairs delivered a speech on the need to address the problem of illiteracy among the people.

With such event, it is hope that the Arabic languages can be uphold as a universal language adopted by the global community and hope all levels of society can fully support the deployment and development of the use of Arabic language as a whole.