The world celebrates on December 18 every year the International Day of Arabic as one of the most important elements of the cultural diversity of mankind, the language of Arab Islamic civilization, and the language of science, knowledge and literature.

The celebration of the International Day of Arabic was launched in 2012 and the date of 18 December was chosen to commemorate the adoption by the General Assembly of the United Nations of the Arabic language as the sixth official language.

The United Nations adopted its historic decision to adopt Arabic in 1973 after a proposal by Morocco and Saudi Arabia during the 190th session of the UNESCO Executive Council.

The 18th of December is the # day of the universal _ Arabic language

Arabic is one of the most widely spoken languages ​​in the world and is one of the six official languages ​​of the United Nations. Https://t.co/Ewc5mToTDJ pic.twitter.com/E1lhGIzToc

- United Nations (@UNarabic) December 18, 2018

Arabic is the language of the Holy Quran, the Hadith and the Arabic poetry. It is rich in its vocabulary and richness. It is the most spoken and spoken language in the Semitic languages. It is one of the most widely spoken languages ​​in the world, spoken by more than 450 million people. , As well as the language of many churches in the Middle East.

Arabic was the language of government, science, literature and the arts for centuries in the territories ruled by Muslims, including Central Asia, East and North Africa and Andalusia.

Most of the Arabic speakers are currently in the Arab countries, and in the Arab neighborhood such as the countries of African Sahara, Turkey and Iran. There are also Arabic speakers in the diaspora in Europe, America, East Asia and even Latin America.

Arabic is an official language in the Arab world as well as in Chad, Eritrea and Israel.

# Today_world_language_ Arabic
24 words of day names in Arabic, name for each hour. From the book "Jurisprudence and the Mystery of Arabic" to the writer, a book more than wonderful, from books that show the enormous expressive energy in the Arabic language and its ability to name small details in the world.
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- Jberti Twitter (@ElGabarty_) December 18, 2018

Arabic, Arabic, Malay, Indonesian, Albanian, and even African languages ​​such as Hausa, Swahili, Amharic and Sumalian, as well as in European languages ​​such as French, Spanish, Portuguese, Maltese and others.

The Arabic language is currently experiencing challenges to its prosperity, most notably the competition of foreign languages, especially in education and scientific research, and the prevalence of local dialects, and digital technology, and the weakness of the translation movement to and from.

# Today_world_language_ Arabic

Greetings on this day from Yassin Aït Qassi, the French-Algerian painter, the creator of the character Elix, the first UN digital ambassador
Elix was our guest in the illustrated version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights https://t.co/TqcuWQGrBa pic.twitter.com/WZ2EMSgee2

- United Nations (@UNarabic) December 17, 2018

The United Nations considers that the purpose of this day is to raise awareness among United Nations staff on the history, culture and developments of each of the six official languages. The representatives of each language are free to choose the method they find appropriate in preparing a day-to-day program of activities for their language, including inviting well-known poets, writers and writers, as well as preparing information materials related to the event.

The cultural activities of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) include musical performance, literary readings, competitive competitions, exhibitions, lectures, and performances of art, drama and folklore.

It also includes the preparation of meals reflecting the cultural diversity of the language-speaking countries, the establishment of cinematic performances and the provision of brief lessons for those wishing to explore more about the language.