President of Arabic Language Academy of Jordan Suggests Unified Arabic Academy in Makkah

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President of Arabic Language Academy of Jordan Suggests Unified Arabic Academy in Makkah

There should be one combined Arabic language academy, rather than the 12 academies currently existing in the Arab world, and its headquarters must be Makkah City, claimed Khalid Al Karaki, President of the Arabic Language Academy of Jordan, the organization that won the King Faisal International Prize 2017 for Arabic Language and Literary works.

Al Karaki made this monitoring while providing a lecture labelled, 'The Arabic Language Academy of Jordan's experience in preserving the Arabic language', organised by the General Secretariat of the King Faisal International Reward last month at the King Faisal Structure auditorium. The lecture was gone to by Arabic language professors and specialists as well as several international ambassadors and members of the public.

Emphasizing the importance of Arabic language for the innovation of the Arab human being, he stated the Arabic language has accommodated sciences of all worlds and is a living language that can develop new words and convert others.

Al Karaki also spoke on the Arabic Language Security Legislation in Jordan, which was recommended and accepted by the Arabic Language Academy around 2 years earlier. The legislation purposes to safeguard Arabic versus slang and international terms, and calls for ministries, government companies and organisations to utilize Arabic in all papers and ads.

" The legislation gave us even more power to withstand violators. It protects and maintains the language and calls for staying up to date with clinical terms and developing arts dictionaries," he pointed out.

The King Faisal International Prize for Arabic Language and Literature was awarded to the Arabic Language Academy of Jordan in acknowledgment of its amazing efforts in the transfer of scientific research and modern technology via translation, Arabization of technological terms, and publication of specialized glossaries and its unrelenting initiatives making Arabic the language of direction. The Academy delegated the task of translation to very qualified professionals known for their mastery of both English and Arabic to make sure the finest for its project.

The Arabic Language Academy was established in 1976 by order of a Royal mandate. The primary goals of the Academy are to sustain the stability of the Arabic language, make sure that it keeps pace with modern literary, scientific and artistic needs, meets the requirements of knowledge community and restores Arabic and Islamic heritage.

It is additionally the Academy's objective to release unified references of terms in literature, scientific research and arts in partnership with academic, scientific, etymological and social institutions in Jordan and abroad. The Academy consists of 30 energetic members, in different fields of scientific research and literary works, along with a number of honorary and supporting members.