A celebration at the University of Damascus ... the Arabic language, the vessel that carries the civilizational and cultural heritage

Damascus-Sana

On the occasion of the International Day of the Arabic Language, the University of Damascus today held a cultural celebration in the sixth runway of the College of Arts and Human Sciences, in which the participants emphasized the importance of preserving and preserving the Arabic language as it represents the invincible bulwark of the identity and unity of the Arab people and the vessel that carries its cultural and civilizational heritage.

In his speech, Dr. Osama Kaddour, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, stated that the Arabic language is the oldest language in the world, as it is the language of the Holy Qur’an and the Arab nation, pointing out that Syria contributed to protecting and defending it because it expresses the national identity through the establishment of the first Arabic language complex in Damascus and the issuance of the first law to protect The Arabic language In addition to the fact that the University of Damascus was the first university to study medicine in the Arabic language, he called on faculty professors and students in all departments to adhere to the Arabic language in defense of national existence.

For her part, Dr. Munira Faour, Head of the Arabic Language Department at the Faculty of Arts, during a lecture entitled (Linguistic Highlights on the International Day of the Arabic Language) reviewed the latest statistics on the use of the Arabic language in the world, indicating that 422 million people in the Arab world speak the Arabic language while more than one and a half billion people use it. One billion in the Islamic world, noting that the Arabic language has become the sixth official language in the United Nations General Assembly and was chosen exclusively for its role in preserving human civilization and culture, and it is the second language of many countries.

During the celebration, a number of Arabic language students read a news bulletin in which they talked about writers, writers and department professors who won awards through their participation in cultural competitions and literary conferences, as well as singing and representative paragraphs in Classical Arabic, reading poems from poets from several eras, and some of the letters of the poet Gibran Khalil Gibran Writer May increase the dedication of classical Arabic

It is noteworthy that Syria is the only country in the world that has taught medicine in the Arabic language since 1919 and has developed in record time the first successful Arab educational model away from Western and foreign curricula.

The International Day of the Arabic Language is celebrated on the 18th of December of each year, which coincides with the date of the issuance of the General Assembly resolution at the United Nations in 1973, by which it approved the inclusion of the Arabic language in the official and working languages ​​of the United Nations.

Manar Deeb