{"id":1653,"date":"2025-12-18T16:02:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T16:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/?p=1653"},"modified":"2025-12-18T16:02:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T16:02:02","slug":"2025-world-arabic-language-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/2025\/12\/18\/2025-world-arabic-language-day\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 World Arabic Language Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Happy World Arabic Language Day!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We wish our learners of Arabic language and Arabic-speaking communities at Queen&#8217;s and elsewhere enjoys this special day of celebration on 18th December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><strong>About the World Arabic Language Day<\/strong><\/summary>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u2018Since its very first celebration in 2012, each year on 18 December UNESCO commemorates World Arabic Language Day, highlighting Arabic\u2019s legacy and immense contribution to humanity.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018A pillar of humanity\u2019s shared values, Arabic is a language that brings together people from various cultural, ethnical, religious and social backgrounds.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesco.org\/en\/articles\/celebration-world-arabic-language-day-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>UNESCO<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/World-Arabic-Language-Day-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/World-Arabic-Language-Day-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/World-Arabic-Language-Day-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/World-Arabic-Language-Day-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/World-Arabic-Language-Day-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/12\/World-Arabic-Language-Day.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The theme of this year&#8217;s World Arabic Language Day is &#8216;Innovative Pathways for Arabic: Policies and Practices for a More Inclusive Linguistic Future&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unesco.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/paragraph_medium_desktop\/article\/2025-11\/ArabicLanguageDay-2025-KeyVisual_FINAL_GUNAY_page-0001.jpg.webp?itok=oEA-YPjT\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesco.org\/en\/articles\/world-arabic-language-day-2025-innovative-pathways-arabic-policies-and-practices-more-inclusive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UNESCO<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Learning Arabic Language at Queen&#8217;s Language Centre<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are considering doing an Arabic language course, you are very welcome to sign up for one of our Arabic courses from beginner to intermediate levels. For more information and registration, please visit\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qub.ac.uk\/lc\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.qub.ac.uk\/lc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Language Centre at Queen&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0or scan the QR code on the image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/LC-LNS-Arabic-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/LC-LNS-Arabic-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/LC-LNS-Arabic-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/LC-LNS-Arabic-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/LC-LNS-Arabic-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/LC-LNS-Arabic.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>ALL Language classes will commence week beginning Monday 12 January 2026. <strong>REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE AT 17:00 ON THURSDAY 9 JANUARY 2026.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy World Arabic Language Day! We wish our learners of Arabic language and Arabic-speaking communities at Queen&#8217;s and elsewhere enjoys this special day of celebration on 18th December. The theme of this year&#8217;s World Arabic Language Day is &#8216;Innovative Pathways &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/2025\/12\/18\/2025-world-arabic-language-day\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[105,22,9,64,63],"tags":[36,26,24,13,34],"class_list":["post-1653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arabic-language","category-festivals-and-celebrations","category-language-courses","category-language-courses-languages","category-languages","tag-cultural-diversity","tag-enrolment","tag-festivals-and-celebrations","tag-language-courses","tag-linguistic-diversity"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1655,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1653\/revisions\/1655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/lc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}