Sharjah 24: The Arabic Language Academy (ALA) in Sharjah participated in a panel discussion within the 21st edition of the Amman International Book Fair, which is organised by the Jordan Academy of Arabic under the title "The Historical Dictionary of the Arabic Language: Challenges and Solutions" and runs until the 10th of this month.
Dr. Mohammed Safi Mustghanmi Secretary General of Arabic Language Academy (ALA) in Sharjah, and Executive Director of the Historical Dictionary of the Arabic Language Project, and Dr. Mamoun Wajih, Scientific Director of the Lexicon Project, spoke at the event moderated by Dr. Mohammed Al Saudi, Secretary General of the Jordan Academy of Arabic.
The event sheds light on the role of the historical dictionary of the Arabic language in crystallising the science of terminology in various arts and sciences, the benefits and purposes that the dictionary achieves, the stages of its preparation, and the number of researchers and experts working in it.
The Secretary General of the Arabic Language Academy (ALA) in Sharjah and Executive Director of the Historical Dictionary Project highlighted the great role of the support given by His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, to the dictionary project, in addition to the enthusiasm of the participants of the project.
The Secretary General of the Arabic Language Academy in Sharjah indicated that the dictionary covers the different eras of the Arabic language and helps researchers to know the words and phrases that were popular in every era and how they were employed in the daily speech of Arabs and in their literary creations of poetry and prose in various fields of composition.