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International Arabic Language Day
December 18, 20177:00 p.m.
MADRID
Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62).
7:00 p.m.
Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.
In French, Spanish and Arabic, with simultaneous French-Spanish translation.
On the occasion of this special date created by UNESCO for December 18
of each year, Casa Árabe has organized a conference with Arabists and
scholars on this subject, at which we will also be bringing the
celebrations of this institution’s tenth anniversary to a close.
In the year of 2012, UNESCO established December 18 and International Arabic Language Day as a way to call for promotion of the cultural and linguistic diversity of the world as a core feature of mankind’s cultural wealth. The Arabic language, in both its classical form and the numerous dialects that have evolved from it, is a universal language in which the identities, beliefs and aspirations of peoples on every continent are expressed. It is a bridge between cultures and a concrete medium for complementing knowledge, perceptions and mutual understanding in favor of peace.
With this conference, Casa Árabe wishes to celebrate the universal nature of the Arabic language and the way it lives on within the Spanish language through a large number of Arabic-origin words that remain in use today. To do so, we will be inviting notable Arabists and scholars from Spain and the Arab world who are devoted to studying the Arabic language and Arab culture. We will also be celebrating the official end of Casa Árabe’s Tenth Anniversary events, after a year in which we have organized over twenty special activities, including seminars, conferences and concerts.
PROGRAM
Opening event:
Pedro Martínez-Avial, General Director of Casa Árabe
Amina Hamshari, assistant program specialist for the UNESCO Intercultural Dialogue Section
With the intervention of:
Pedro Martínez Montávez, an Arabist, translator and professor emeritus of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. He will be giving a conference titled: “The Arabic Language: From the local to the universal.”
With the participation of:
Mahmoud Sobh, Arabist, poet and translator
Ignacio Ferrando Frutos, department chair of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Cádiz
Jorge Antonio Lirola Delgado, professor of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Almería
Saleh Almani, translator
Winners of the Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding in Doha in 2016
Presented by: Iñaqui Gutiérrez de Terán, a professor of Arab and Islamic Studies at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
With this conference, Casa Árabe wishes to celebrate the universal nature of the Arabic language and the way it lives on within the Spanish language through a large number of Arabic-origin words that remain in use today. To do so, we will be inviting notable Arabists and scholars from Spain and the Arab world who are devoted to studying the Arabic language and Arab culture. We will also be celebrating the official end of Casa Árabe’s Tenth Anniversary events, after a year in which we have organized over twenty special activities, including seminars, conferences and concerts.
PROGRAM
Opening event:
Pedro Martínez-Avial, General Director of Casa Árabe
Amina Hamshari, assistant program specialist for the UNESCO Intercultural Dialogue Section
With the intervention of:
Pedro Martínez Montávez, an Arabist, translator and professor emeritus of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. He will be giving a conference titled: “The Arabic Language: From the local to the universal.”
With the participation of:
Mahmoud Sobh, Arabist, poet and translator
Ignacio Ferrando Frutos, department chair of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Cádiz
Jorge Antonio Lirola Delgado, professor of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Almería
Saleh Almani, translator
Winners of the Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding in Doha in 2016
Presented by: Iñaqui Gutiérrez de Terán, a professor of Arab and Islamic Studies at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
Image: Ziryab, by Rima Farah (Photo: Casa Árabe).