KSGAAL Highlights Arab Cultural Richness, Dialogue Promotion at UNESCO Arab Week

KSGAAL’s participation in Arab Week aimed to contribute to sustainable cultural development goals in Arab countries. SPA
KSGAAL’s participation in Arab Week aimed to contribute to sustainable cultural development goals in Arab countries. SPA
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KSGAAL Highlights Arab Cultural Richness, Dialogue Promotion at UNESCO Arab Week

KSGAAL’s participation in Arab Week aimed to contribute to sustainable cultural development goals in Arab countries. SPA
KSGAAL’s participation in Arab Week aimed to contribute to sustainable cultural development goals in Arab countries. SPA

Arab Week at the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) concluded in Paris, with the King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language (KSGAAL) seizing the opportunity to emphasize the richness of Arab culture and foster dialogue among various cultures.

KSGAAL’s participation in Arab Week -- celebrating the cultural diversity of the Arab world -- aimed to contribute to sustainable cultural development goals in Arab countries, aligning with the objectives of the Human Capability Development Program (HCDP) within the framework of Saudi Vision 2030.

During the event, the academy took part in a scientific seminar addressing a comprehensive vision of Arabic language policies. Experts discussed language policies, challenges they face, opportunities for improvement, and the shaping of linguistic realities.
Additionally, KSGAAL presented its project on Arabic language policy studies, outlining its methodological and scientific framework, objectives, challenges, and outcomes.
The academy’s involvement in Arab Week underscores its strategic goals and commitment to supporting the Arabic language and culture. KSGAAL highlighted Saudi Arabia's global efforts in language promotion, leveraging the occasion to bolster its local and international standing.
Through a range of linguistic initiatives, programs, and projects, KSGAAL is dedicated to preserving the integrity and cultural identity of the Arabic language, supporting it in both spoken and written forms, and facilitating its teaching and learning within Saudi Arabia and beyond.



Abu Dhabi Art Announces Artists, curator Selected for 'Beyond Emerging Artists' Program

Co-Founder of GALLERIA CONTINUA Lorenzo Fiaschi. WAM
Co-Founder of GALLERIA CONTINUA Lorenzo Fiaschi. WAM
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Abu Dhabi Art Announces Artists, curator Selected for 'Beyond Emerging Artists' Program

Co-Founder of GALLERIA CONTINUA Lorenzo Fiaschi. WAM
Co-Founder of GALLERIA CONTINUA Lorenzo Fiaschi. WAM

Abu Dhabi Art has announced details around its Beyond: Emerging Artists program, which commissions new work by up-and-coming UAE-based artists each year, Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported.

Beyond: Emerging Artists 2024 will be curated by Lorenzo Fiaschi, Co-Founder of GALLERIA CONTINUA, who has selected the artists Fatma Al Ali, Dina Nazmi Khorchid and Simrin Mehra Agarwal to produce commissioned works to be exhibited at Abu Dhabi Art this year, WAM said.

The works will be on exhibition at Manarat Al Saadiyat on November 20-24, after which the exhibition will travel internationally to a new location.

"As we embark on this new journey with Abu Dhabi Art's Beyond Emerging Artists program, we are excited to contribute to the region’s vibrant contemporary art scene,” said Fiaschi.

“Celebrating 18 years of collaboration with Abu Dhabi Art, GALLERIA CONTINUA is eager to witness and support the dynamic evolution of the art world. We are committed to embracing diversity, which enriches our collective artistic experience. We look forward to guiding the selected artists—Dina Nazmi Khorchid, Simrin Mehra Agarwal, and Fatma Al Ali—and helping them develop exceptional projects of international caliber that showcase the creativity and potential of today’s artistic landscape,” he added.

The three selected artists were chosen from over 100 proposals reviewed by the Abu Dhabi Art organizing committee and GALLERIA CONTINUA, and in consultation with Friends of Abu Dhabi Art, a group of individuals who are actively committed to supporting art and culture in the emirate and who support the Beyond Emerging Artists program each year, WAM said.

Abu Dhabi Art Director Dyala Nusseibeh said: “During the selection process we were struck by how analytical and thoughtful each of the chosen proposals were, across diverse practices, unpicking issues that ranged from conflict and war to our relationship with the environment and the impact of colonialism on indigenous plant life in the Gulf. Together the commissioned artists navigate utopian or dystopian imagined landscapes, in often playful, often piercing ways, creating the space for new histories of the region to emerge.”