Senior Counselor for Cultural and Educational Affairs at the Office of the President of the American University of Iraq-Baghdad (AUIB) and former Minister of Culture in Iraq, Professor Hassan Nadhem, joined Dr. Ali Ibn Tamim, the Chairman of the Center for Arabic Language in Abu Dhabi, in dialogue at the annual World Arabic Language Day forum, organized by the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) in Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The World Arabic Language Day forum serves as a platform for learning and cross-cultural activities that honor the Arabic language and the art of poetry. This year’s event, hosted at the “Ithra” center, aligns with the Year of Arab Poetry, and highlights one of the most renowned of Abbasi era poets, “Abu Al-Tayeb Al-Mutanabbi.”