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The King Salman Global Academy for the Arabic Language announced the names of the winners of the Academy Award in its fourth session for the year 2025, which aims to honor outstanding efforts in serving the Arabic language and enhancing its position in the fields of education, computing, research, and raising awareness.
The awards of the fourth session revolved around four main axes: teaching and learning the Arabic language, computing the Arabic language and serving it with modern technologies, Arabic language research and scientific studies, and spreading linguistic awareness and creating creative linguistic community initiatives.
This award, which will be awarded to the winners on November 30 in Riyadh, comes within the strategic initiatives of the Academy consistent with human capacity development programs.
Thus, the National Coalition for the Arabic Language from Morocco won the award for the Institutions category within the branch (spreading linguistic awareness and creating creative linguistic community initiatives), in recognition of its pioneering role in enhancing community awareness of the Arabic language and defending its position in language policies in Morocco, through intellectual and cultural initiatives and effective institutional partnerships.
As for the Individuals category, Mazen Abdulqader Al-Mubarak from Syria won the award, within the same branch, in recognition of his long career in serving the Arabic language.
Also, in the branch of teaching and learning the Arabic language, in the Individuals category, Mahmoud Muhammad Adel Mahmoud Al-Batal from the United States won in recognition of his outstanding contributions in the field of teaching Arabic, which combined scientific theorizing and practical application, and his academic radiance on both the Arab and international levels. While the Global Curriculum Foundation from Saudi Arabia won the same award for the Institutions category.
As for the branch of Arabic language research and scientific studies, the award was given, in the Individuals category, jointly to both Ramzi Munir Baalbaki from Lebanon and Saad Abdulaziz Maslouh from Egypt, in recognition of their long academic careers in linguistic and lexicographical studies and their contributions to the establishment of authentic scientific references.
While the Educational Center for the Arabic Language for the Gulf Countries from the Emirates won the Institutions category award for its pioneering projects in designing educational programs and educational policies.
In the branch of Arabic language computing, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology from Saudi Arabia won the Institutions category for its pioneering vision in developing linguistic systems and advanced technologies for more than three decades, while the researcher Ahmed Kharsi from Algeria won it for the Individuals category.
This award is an annual initiative that aims to honor pioneering achievements that contribute to the development of the use and dissemination of the Arabic language at the local and international levels, and to encourage creative initiatives that promote Arab content and keep pace with technological and knowledge transformations.
This award also reflects the keenness to highlight the Arabic language, enhance its presence among its speakers and others, and encourage excellence and creativity in various fields, in addition to supporting scientific, technical, and educational efforts aimed at developing the tools and curricula of the Arabic language.
