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MEDIU received a delegation from Arabic for All institution which is located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Thursday afternoon at 3:00pm. The delegation was headed by Dr. Mohammed Bin Abdalrahman Al-Shaiek, a member of academic staff in the engineering faculty of King Saud University in Riyadh, the head of the institution and Dr. Saleh Al-Shatri, the manager of training programmes in Arabic for All institution.
The delegation was welcomed by Prof. Abbou Fouad Mohammed, Deputy Rector of Research and Development and the Deputy Rector of Academic Affairs, Dr. Adil Al-Sheikh, Manager of Language Centre, Dr. Abid Abdelouahab, Technology Manager, Dr. Soufiane Omar, Dean of Faculty of Islamic Sciences, Dr. Doukoure Massire, Dean of Faculty of Languages, Mr. Khalid Mahamat Idriss Ahmat, Head of Endowment department, and Mr. Fuad Al-As, Manager of Rector Office.
A multimedia presentation was presented by Mr. Khalid Mahamat Idriss Ahmat included a brief information about MEDIU and its achievements until 2008, followed by a speech by Dr. Doukoure Massire about the efforts of faculty of languages. After that Dr. Adil Al-Sheikh presented a show about the university programmes in teaching languages especially Arabic language for non-native speakers.
A speech was given by the head of the delegation Dr. Mohammed Bin Abdalrahman Al-Shaiek stating the main objective of the institution which is the training of teachers of Arabic language and to provide them with the language skills to teach Arabic language. The potential areas of cooperation between MEDIU and Arabic for All Institution were later discussed in the meeting.
At the end of the visit the visitors toured in MEDIU departments and administrations expressing their deep pleasure to visit MEDIU and their admiration of the achievements done in the university.