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    ICESCO holds training session for Arabic language teachers in Burkina Faso

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    The Center of Arabic for Non-Arabic Speakers in the Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) organizes a training session for Arabic language teachers, in Burkina Faso, on the role of Arabic literature in teaching the Arabic language to non-Arabic speakers. This initiative is carried out in collaboration with the Burkina Faso National Commission for UNESCO and ICESCO, targeting education officers and Arabic language teachers from various cities in Burkina Faso.

    The four-day training, which kicked off on 22 January 2024, in Ouagadougou, aims to enhance the teaching skills of Arabic language teachers and educational supervisors. It also seeks to provide participants with key curricula and methods for utilizing various literary arts, such as poetry, stories, plays, articles, in teaching Arabic to non-Arabic speakers. The training also incorporates modern programs and technology.

    Dr. Anas Hussam Saeed Al-Nuaimi, expert at ICESCO’s Center of Arabic for Non-Arabic Speakers, facilitates the training along with the national expert Dr. Oualilai Kindo, member of the National Observatory of Religious Facts (ONAFAR). The program includes interactive presentations and discussions covering various educational topics.

    ICESCO Workshop on Preparing Inventory Lists and Nomination Files for Inscription on Heritage Lists Concludes Proceedings in Cairo

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    The workshop on preparing inventory lists and nomination files for inscription on heritage lists concluded proceedings in Cairo, on Tuesday, 23 January 2024. The workshop, held by the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Culture and National Commission for Education, Science and Culture, aimed at developing the capacities of a number of heritage professionals from Egypt and Yemen.

    The workshop closing day witnessed the presence of Dr. Nevin Al-Kilany, Egyptian Minister of Culture, Muammar Mutahar Al-Eryani, Yemeni Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Hisham Azmi, Egyptian Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Culture, and Dr. Sherif Saleh, Supervisor of the Egyptian National Commission for Education, Science and Culture.

    In her address, Dr. Nevin Al-Kilany expressed her hope that this workshop would serve as a model to train as many specialists as possible in heritage conservation amid the regional and global challenges facing this field.

    Likewise, Mr. Al-Eryani highlighted the severe damage to Yemeni heritage sites, stressing Yemen’s interest in preserving tangible and intangible heritage elements.

    For his part, Dr. Osama El Nahas, heritage expert at ICESCO Culture and Communication Sector, stressed the Organization’s keenness to building and developing the capacities of various heritage professionals across all Member States, deeming that the inscription of cultural heritage sites and elements is a first step towards preserving, restoring and benefiting from heritage.

    Additionally, Dr. Sherif Saleh lauded ICESCO’s role in preserving heritage and enhancing the capacities of professionals in the field, commending the role of the Egyptian Minister of Culture and National Commission in ensuring the successful organization of this workshop.

    At the end of the training, the trainees and the facilitators received certificates of participation and appreciation respectively.

    In Observance of International Day of Education: ICESCO Calls for Further Efforts to Transform Education to Promote Peace

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    On January 24 of each year, the world celebrates the International Day of Education, an occasion the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) seizes to recall the pivotal role of education in anchoring the values of coexistence, tolerance and openness, and countering hate speech. The Organization also reaffirms the need for international engagement to achieve peace, security and dignified living for all, reject all aspects of discrimination, marginalization and racism, and work towards ending wars and armed conflicts and establishing peace.

    In light of the theme of this year’s celebration, “Learning for lasting peace,” ICESCO calls for working towards a radical yet concrete transformation of education in such a way as to contribute to promoting peace and ensuring its sustainability, engaging communities, harnessing innovative initiatives, and allocating international resources to support developing education to be at the core of peace-building efforts.

    Moreover, given the shared responsibility towards bringing up generations capable of building just and comprehensive peace, ICESCO exerts tireless efforts to preserve the right to education and lifelong learning for all, especially among those affected by armed conflicts, occupation and crises, such as refugees, displaced persons and vulnerable groups. The Organization consistently seeks to ensure the continuity of the educational process by protecting educational institutions and teaching faculties from attacks and threats.

    Likewise, ICESCO reiterates its call for the global community, the relevant organizations and bodies and its Member States to accord greater attention to education to harness understanding, foster cooperation and protect human dignity as part of the international efforts to promote education as a key item on the global agenda, and in honor of commitments to transform education and achieve the Education Vision 2030.

    The Organization also reaffirms placing education at the forefront of its priorities, in recognition of the magnitude of responsibilities and challenges facing the Islamic world, and in a bid to render education a model for integration, justice, harmony and resilience.

    ICESCO Mourns Passing of Royal Advisor and Dean of Moroccan Literature Abbes Jirari

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    The Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) mourns the passing of the Royal Advisor, Dr. Abbes Jirari, the eminent scholar, noble thinker and dean of Moroccan literature, who passed away on Saturday, 20 January 2024, after an accomplished career full of achievements in the fields of academia, thought, culture, literature and humanitarian heritage.

    Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, Director-General of ICESCO, for himself and on behalf of all the Organization’s staff, expresses sincere condolences to the family, the king, the government, and the people of the Kingdom of Morocco, beseeching Allah Almighty to bestow his mercy on the late intellectual and grant him the highest paradise.

    At this sorrowful moment, ICESCO Director-General commended the great role the deceased fulfilled in enriching the Arab library with almost a hundred valuable works and solid studies in thought, culture and literature, mainly “Althqafa fi maʿrkat t-tghyir”, “thqafat l-sahrā’”, “Al’adab l-mghrbi mn khlal zwahirih wa qdaiah”, “Mʿjam mstlhat l-mlhun l-fniy” and “Alnagham l-motrib bin l-andalus wa lmgharib”, lauding the significance of the cultural club hosted in the house of the late, which was founded by his father, the scholar and writer Abdallah Jirari, and continued for over 90 years.

    Dr. AlMalik appreciated Dr. Jirari’s admiration for ICESCO’s efforts and his interest in following up with the Organization’s progress over the past four years, including its initiatives and programs, which he expressed during his visit to the International Exhibition and Museum of the Prophet’s Seerah and Islamic Civilization, currently housed at ICESCO Headquarters.

    Moreover, Dr. AlMalik underlined the keenness of the Organization’s General Directorate to celebrate Dr. Jirari and impart his thought and wealth of knowledge to future generations as Dr. Jirari was the guest at the first edition of ICESCO Cultural Forum, on October 22, 2019, and lectured on the “Future Cultural Challenges in the Islamic World,” which was issued later by ICESCO in a book bearing the same title, making it the first edition in the series of Cultural Forum Encounters.

    It is noteworthy that on December 10, 2019, Dr. AlMalik presented a certificate of appreciation and the Organization’s honorary shield to Dr. El Jirari for his remarkable contributions to enriching Arabic literature.

    ICESCO and Egyptian Ministry of Culture hold training session for heritage professionals in Egypt and Yemen

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    The Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) is currently organizing a regional training session on preparing inventory lists of heritage elements, and nomination files for inscription in heritage lists. The session being held in collaboration with the Egyptian Ministry of Culture and the Egyptian National Commission for Education, Science, and Culture, aims to provide professionals in the field of heritage from Egypt and Yemen with the necessary skills to prepare inventory lists of heritage elements and nomination files for inscription in heritage lists. The five-day training session, opened on Thursday 18 January 2024, at the Supreme Council of Culture in Cairo, Egypt.

    Key participants included Dr. Nahla Imam, Advisor to the Egyptian Minister of Culture for Intangible Heritage Affairs and Chair of the Board of Trustees of “Beit Al-Turath” (Heritage House), Mr. Ameer Al-Darouss, Permanent Undersecretary at the Ministry of Culture, and Dr. Sherif Salah, representing Dr. Sherif Saleh, Supervisor of the Egyptian National Commission for Education, Science and Culture.

    Representing ICESCO, Dr. Osama Al Nahas, expert at ICESCO’s Culture and Communication Sector, emphasized the Organization’s keenness to preserve heritage, not only as a means of safeguarding identity, but also as a driving force for sustainable development. Additionally, Dr. Al Nahas highlighted ICESCO’s initiative to integrate culture as the 18th of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

    Furthermore, the Expert noted the session’s alignment with ICESCO’s efforts to build the capacities of professionals in heritage-related fields within the Organization’s Member States. Moreover, Dr. Al Nahas stated that ICESCO has thus far successfully registered 631 elements and sites on its Islamic world heritage lists, contributing to their protection and ensuring their optimal use to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

    Dr. Marwan Awartani Appointed Senior Advisor to ICESCO Director-General

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    Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, Director-General of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), announced the appointment of Dr. Marwan Awartani, former Minister of Education of the State of Palestine, as Senior Advisor to ICESCO Director-General, to help implement the Organization’s vision and strategic orientations, thanks to his extensive expertise and remarkable career in the field of education.

    The announcement was made during the proceedings of the 44th Session of ICESCO Executive Council, hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by its National Commission for Education, Culture and Science on 16-18 of this month.

    In addition to his academic work, Dr. Marwan Awartani served in leadership positions, before his tenure as a Minister of Education in Palestine. These include his work as the President of Palestine Technical University in Tulkarem, President of the Palestinian Academy for Science and Technology and Acting President of Al -Quds University.

    Dr. Marwan Awartani obtained a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the American University of Beirut, a master’s of science in topology from Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, USA, and a Ph.D. in the same major and university.

    Two Letters of Thanks from ICESCO’s Executive Council to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and the Saudi Crown Prince

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    The participants in the 44th Session of the Executive Council, organized by the Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) and hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by its National Commission for Education, Culture and Science, sent two letters of thanks and gratitude to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, and his Crown Prince, HRH Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Prime Minister, in recognition of their support for ICESCO and efforts to promote Islamic joint action in education, science and culture.

    The letter sent to King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, co-signed by Dr. Salim AlMalik, ICESCO Director-General and Dr. Dawas Tayseer Dawas, Chairman of ICESCO Executive Council, conveyed the utmost gratitude and appreciation of the Member States’ delegations and representatives of prominent regional and international organizations to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. The letter also commended Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s remarkable and steady progress in global performance indicators relevant to education, scientific research, innovation, university rankings, inscription of sites on heritage lists, achieving green transformation and consolidating the foundations of sustainable development.

    Likewise, the participants sent a letter to HRH Prince Mohammed bin Salman, expressing their deepest appreciation and highly commending His Royal Highness’s wise leadership of the pioneering developmental achievements underway in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The participants hailed the Kingdom’s significant feats and strides towards a bright future, as inked in its 2030 Vision, the latest of which is winning the hosting of World Expo 2030 and FIFA World Cup 2034.

    Moreover, the participants sent a letter of gratitude to His Highness Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan Al Saud, Saudi Minister of Culture, President of the Saudi National Commission for Education, Culture and Science, for the warm reception and hospitality extended to the delegations of the Member States taking part in the 44th session of ICESCO’s Executive Council in the prosperous city of Jeddah.

    ICESCO and AGFUND sign MoU to promote cooperation in blended education and community development

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    The Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) and the Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote cooperation in the areas of blended education, community development, women empowerment, early childhood care, financial inclusion, and the Prince Talal International Award for Human Development.

    The MoU was signed on Wednesday 17 January 2024, by Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, ICESCO Director-General, and HRH Prince Abdulaziz bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, AGFUND Chairman, President of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Open University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The signing took place during the opening session of the 44th ICESCO Executive Council hosted in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

    Over the course of four years, the MoU outlines collaboration between ICESCO and AGFUND in implementing projects and activities related to knowledge exchange and enrichment through human development, empowering women and children in ICESCO Member States, promoting innovation and professional and personal skills for youth through higher education, and sharing best practices for the development of local communities.

    It also provides for organizing joint activities such as workshops, seminars, conferences, and training courses.

    ICESCO Director-General visits the “House of Slaves” Museum on the Senegalese Island of Gorée

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    Dr. Salim Al-Malik, Director-General of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), visited the historic island of Gorée in the Republic of Senegal, and the House of Slaves Museum there, where he was received by several members of the municipal council and Mr. Eloi Coly, the museum’s curator who provided some details about the history of “Slavery Island,” that was discovered in the fifteenth century A.D. and registered on the World Heritage List in 1978.

    During the visit, on 9 January 2024, ICESCO Director-General toured the different sections of the Museum, which embodies the history of the charming island located off the coast of the Senegalese capital, Dakar, whose strategic location was the reason for its successive occupation by four colonial powers: Portugal, France, the Netherlands, and England. Its unique buildings still bear witness to this colonial era.

    Dr. Al-Malik expressed his admiration for the Museum and the historical importance of the island, which, despite its small surface, was the largest center for the slave trade on the African coast, as more than 15,000 Africans were deported from it to Europe and the Americas between 1726 and 1848. He urged the museum curator to submit a file to register the Island on ICESCO’s Islamic World Heritage List.

    At the conclusion of the visit, Dr. AlMalik expressed the Organization’s readiness to cooperate in developing the Island, as part of partnership with Senegal in the cultural fields, and signed in the golden record of the Museum.

    ICESCO and Senegal Examine Prospects for Cooperation in Education

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    Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, Director-General of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), held a meeting with Mr. Cheikh Oumar Anne, the Senegalese Minister of National Education and President of UNESCO and ICESCO’s National Commissions, to discuss ways of enhancing partnership between ICESCO and the Republic of Senegal to leverage modern technologies to advance education, confront school dropout and teach Arabic.

    During the meeting, held on Tuesday, 9 January 2024, at the Ministry’s headquarters, in Dakar, Dr. AlMalik highlighted ICESCO’s key initiatives, programs and projects in education, which are geared towards ensuring inclusive and quality education for all, confronting school dropouts, especially among girls, instilling the values of tolerance, coexistence and peace in educational curricula, and building the capacity of teachers in modern technologies.

    For his part, Mr. Oumar Anne commended ICESCO’s efforts in supporting its Member States in the field of education, stressing the willingness of the Senegalese Ministry of National Education to promote collaboration with the Organization in areas of mutual interests.

    Moreover, the meeting discussed cooperation proposals between ICESCO and Senegal during the next phase, mainly promoting the use of artificial intelligence in education, supporting Qurʾānic schools in Senegal, and convening an international conference on the challenges and future of Qurʾānic schools, with the participation of representatives of countries that adopt this educational system.

    The two sides also discussed ways of cooperation in the field of teaching Arabic and the possibility of establishing a regional educational center for ICESCO in Senegal.

    At the end of the meeting, the two parties agreed to continue coordination to arrange for ICESCO experts to visit their counterparts in the Senegalese Ministry to develop practical plans for cooperation in implementing several specific programs and projects.

    The meeting saw the presence of Ms. Ramata Almamy Mbaye, Director of Human and Social Sciences Sector and Mr. Alioune Ndiaye, Head of Peace Department in the Sector.