Following its stops in Benin, Guinea, and Côte d’Ivoire, the “ICESCO–Hamdan Bin Bin Rashid International Caravan for Arabic in non-Arabic-speaking countries of West Africa” concluded its activities at its fourth and final stop in the city of Touba, Republic of Senegal. The program took place from 21 to 25 September 2025 at Sheikh Ahmadou Khadim University, one of the largest universities in Senegal.

In Senegal, the Caravan focused on building the capacities of a select group of professors specialized in teaching Arabic as a foreign language in Touba’s institutions, through interactive workshops on innovative and modern teaching methodologies. The program also identified existing challenges and explored solutions in light of the findings of the Senegal section of the “Global Report on the State of Teaching Arabic as a Second Language”, issued by ICESCO in cooperation with the King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language.

The Caravan concluded with a closing ceremony, which featured speeches by Dr. Abdoul Ahad Louh, Representative of the President of Sheikh Ahmadou Khadim University and Dean of the Faculty of Arabic and Islamic Studies; Dr. Cheikh Mokhtar Louh, Inspector of Arabic Education and Representative of the Senegalese Ministry of National Education; and Dr. Adham Hamawiya, Expert at ICESCO’s Center of Arabic for Non-Arabic Speakers. The Ceremony also included the presentation of the final report, which outlined recommendations such as developing and functionally designing Arabic curricula, establishing associations for Arabic teachers, organizing training programs, forging partnerships in the field, and signing a Memorandum of Understanding between ICESCO and Sheikh Ahmadou Khadim University to strengthen prospects for future cooperation.

It is noteworthy that the implementation of the program in this phase was supervised by Dr. Adham Hamawiya, Expert at ICESCO’s Center of Arabic for Non-Arabic Speakers, alongside local expert Dr. Sam Bousso Abdoul Rahman, Head of Cooperation with Arab Countries at the Presidency of Sheikh Ahmadou Khadim University.