Qatar’s efforts to promote Arabic language highlighted at Fanar event – The Peninsula

Qatar’s efforts to promote Arabic language highlighted at Fanar event – The Peninsula

Doha, Qatar: Sheikh Abdulla Bin Zaid Al Mahmoud Islamic Cultural Center (Fanar) recently held a scientific and cultural symposium under the theme: "Arabic language is a communicative bridge and civilizational dialogue: Experience of the Abdulla Bin Zaid Al Mahmoud Islamic Cultural Center as a model".

The event was attended by Minister of Endowments (Awqaf) and Islamic Affairs H E Ghanem bin Shaheen bin Ghanem Al Ghanim in the presence of a number of professional teachers from the Arabic for Non-Native Speakers Center (ANNS) of Qatar University.

Addressing the symposium, General Manager of the Sheikh Abdulla Bin Zaid Al Mahmoud Islamic Culture Center (Fanar), Dr. Saleh bin Ali Al Marri, said this scientific and cultural symposium is being held to mark the World Arabic Language Day which is marked on December 18 each year, affirming that Qatar and its institutions, including the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs are interested in Arabic language, along with its role in extending the bridge of communication with others, as well as building a civilizational dialogue through which cultures converge.

Al Marri added that Arabic is the language of the Holy Qu’ran, the Islamic religion, culture, and beauty, as well as the civilizational communication, pointing out that tens