A new law for the Arabic language covers 10 main areas

The Ministry of Culture announced that this year will witness the issuance of the Arabic Language Law, along with its executive regulations, in a step aimed at strengthening the presence of the Arabic language and consolidating its position in various aspects of life, while the Assistant Undersecretary for the National Identity and Arts Sector in the Ministry of Culture, Shatha Amin Al-Mulla, revealed during today’s session of the Federal National Council that the new law will cover 10 main areas, including family, society, governance, and others, ensuring integration in its applications at the institutional and societal levels.

In detail, Shatha Al-Mulla explained, during the National Council’s discussion of the issue of the government’s policy to enhance the role and status of the Arabic language as “the official language of the state” and an essential component of the national identity, that the law aims to raise the standards for selecting and appointing Arabic language teachers, in addition to enhancing publishing standards, noting that it will include texts obligating the use of the Arabic language in all advertisements and propaganda campaigns directed to the public, as well as the obligation to provide translation in conferences in which non-Arabic speakers participate.

She indicated that the law will also require the appointment of Arabic-speaking employees in public reception departments, and to ensure the presence of the Arabic language in companies’ systems, in addition to texts targeting the family, affirming the child’s right to form and receive his Arabic language. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Culture signed, during a presentation it made at the session that included the most prominent projects and achievements aimed at supporting and strengthening the presence of the Arabic language in society, that the executive regulations of the law will be issued during the current year, in a way that supports the implementation mechanisms and enhances the desired impact on the ground.