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12/22/23, 1:44 PM MBRF Signs MoU with Akdemistanbul Language Center | Al Bawaba
MBRF Signs MoU with Akdemistanbul Language Center

PRESS RELEASE Published December 21st, 2023 - 10:45 GMT

During the event.
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.
The MoU was signed in conjunction with World Arabic Language Day and the launch of the
‘Bil Arabi’ initiative, which calls for improved collaboration for disseminating knowledge.
The initiative entails expanding the digital Arabic content via web search engines and digital
libraries owned by both parties, as well as hosting training workshops through visual
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