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DOHA:The media team of the Sheikh Hamad International Award for Translation and Understanding concluded the cultural and informative tour of the Award in southern Indian state of Kerala on April 5.
The three-day tour included several events and meetings with translators and media professionals. Malayalam language is one of the languages of the Achievement Award for this year after the Urdu language was selected in a previous edition of the Indian language .
The award team, led by Dr Hanan Al Fayadh, media consultant of Sheikh Hamad Award, met with Dr Abdul Salam Ahmed, President of the Islamic University, and a number of university officials and academics who graduated from Qatar University — notably former university president Dr Ali Bouti.
They extended warm welcome to Qatari delegation lauding the role of Qatar University in supporting them in obtaining scientific and academic qualification.
They are considered elite officials in their Islamic University in Kerala, affirming their pride in studying Islamic studies and Arabic language by Qatari professors since the establishment of Qatar University in the early seventies of the last century.
The President of the Islamic University appreciated Sheikh Hamad's efforts in supporting the university's education, including the building of the Faculty of Theology, which was established at the expense of Father Amir
H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. They discussed in the meeting on how to spread the Arabic language and Islamic culture and the importance of supporting those interested in studying them.
The President of the Islamic University explained that the number of students on scholarship at Qatar University is increasing annually. In the same context, the team of the Sheikh Hamad Award met a number of professors of the Faculty of Languages and Translation and postgraduate students at the University in a seminar on translation and its role in the service of human civilisations and spreading Islamic sciences.
Dr Emtinan Al Samadi, Professor at Qatar University, and a member of the media team of the award, explained the importance of the message of the Sheikh Hamad Award in conveying the idea of humanity thought to and from Arabic, the language of Holy Quran, especially in the language of Malayalam, mother tongue in Kerala.
In her speech, Dr Al Fayadh reviewed the objectives of the Award, its importance, the conditions for nomination and the details of the new languages in the fifth edition of the Award- 2019, pointing out the importance of the visit of Kerala under new added language of Malayalam.
Riyad Al Musibli, member of the Steering Committee of the Award, reviewed the efforts of the Committee in sorting out the entries and procedures of jury bench. After the interaction of the participants, the media team made presentation on the culture.
Dr Hanan Al Fayadh gave a special lecture to the students of the College of Languages and Translation in which she discussed the role of Qatari women in serving their society, religion and languages.
Dr Emtinan Al Samadi also addressed on the role of Arab literature and its long history since the Islamic era. She explained the art of Arabic literature, which is taught at Qatar University in poetry, novel and story.
The team also visited the University of Calicut, one of the national universities, where the team met with Prof. K Mohamed Bashir, professor of Arabic language and the university president.
They discussed in the meeting about the Award, as well as the international translation conference held annually by the Arab and International Relations Forum to name the winners of the Award.
The academics of the university were invited to participate in the Award and the conference, calling on the media team to broadcast a special recording to the educational channel, which is broadcast in all Indian universities.
The team also met with the Arabic Language Department to introduce all the details of the Award and the reasons for choosing Malayalam language.
The media team of Sheikh Hamad Award gave a number of interviews to media, notably the meeting with Kamal Wrador, President of the Federation of Journalists of India, as well as television interviews to explain the Award in terms of vision, objectives, conditions, nomination procedures and languages added for the forthcoming edition.
The media team also highlighted the importance of India's participation in the nomination for the Award as the Malayalam language is added within the languages in the category of achievement.
On the first day of the tour, the award team met with a number of translators in similar meetings including Sheikh Mohammed Karakon; Abdul Kabeer, Editor-in-Chief of the Islamic Publishing House, representing the Board of Directors of the Islamic Publishing House.
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