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12/20/23, 1:03 PM Latest News
MBRF commemorates World Arabic Language Day
2023 at UNESCO HQ in Paris
20/12/2023
19 December 2023 – The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF) joined
UNESCO at its headquarters in Paris to celebrate World Arabic Language Day 2023. The event, themed
‘Arabic: The Language of Poetry and the Arts,’ coincides with the 50th anniversary of the declaration of the
Arabic language as the sixth official language in the United Nations.
The celebration aimed to underscore the significance of Arabic as one of the most widespread and utilized
languages globally, spoken by over 400 million people worldwide. The activities of the World Arabic
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