The Arabic Language Festival is organised to create an Arabic language speaking environment aimed to strengthen students’ interest in the language.
This was stated by the Dean of the Faculty of Arabic Language of Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali (UNISSA) Dr Hajah Rafidah binti Haji Abdullah during the opening ceremony of World Arabic Language Day that falls on every December 18.
The festival was also aimed to raise confidence in communicating in the language, upgrade skills and provide an understanding to the community on the importance of Arabic language as the language of Al-Quran, faith, knowledge and civilisation and meet the Zikir nation aspiration by supporting the use of Arabic in the Sultanate.
-- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin