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Press Release

MBRF Signs MoU with Akdemistanbul Language Center

Dubai, UAE, 21 December 2023- The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge
Foundation (MBRF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the

Akdemistanbul Language Center to strengthen and promote the use of the Arabic
language.

The MoU was signed virtually by His Excellency Jamal bin Huwaireb, CEO of the MBRF, and
Dr. Muhammed Ağirakça, Director General of the Akdemistanbul Language Center. The

MoU seeks to reinforce the strategic partnerships between the two parties by enhancing
cooperation in knowledge resource management, launching initiatives, and organizing

research and knowledge forums, which will foster an institutional culture that promotes
knowledge sharing. The ‘Bil Arabi’ initiative launched by the MBRF in 2013 is significant in

this regard, as it encourages Arabs to use their mother tongue on the web and social media
channels, as well as contributes to preserving and advancing the Arabic language.

The MoU further stipulates that the parties may organize the ‘Bil Arabi Dialogues,’ one of
the ongoing activities of the ‘Bil Arabi’ initiative throughout the year. It additionally outlines

the exchange of publications, books, periodicals, and research pertaining to the Arabic
language, establishing knowledge and scientific activities, joint community service projects,

and carrying out awareness-raising initiatives in the media.

H.E. Jamal Bin Huwaireb expressed his delight in signing the MoU with Turkey's largest

language education center. He added that the MoU aligns with the MBRF’s goals of
knowledge dissemination, elevating the Arabic language’s role, fostering its use, and

advancing the language’s position in global society and among Arab youth in particular. Bin
Huwaireb pointed out the MBRF’s constant efforts to expand its collaboration with

institutions, such as the Akdemistanbul Language Center, to preserve and promote Arabic.
He further mentioned that the MBRF constantly seeks avenues to launch initiatives and

projects to preserve the Arabic language, emphasizing that the MBRF supports the
intellectual and knowledge product of Arabic. His Excellency pointed out that promoting

the status of the Arabic language is a top priority for the MBRF.