In celebration of World Hausa Language Day, the Mohammed Bin Rashid Library organised a dialogue panel titled ‘Hausa Language: Historical past, Literature, and Linguistic Relations,’ as part of the Library’s imaginative and prescient and technique to introduce numerous cultures and their impression on civilisation. The session was broadly attended by specialists and people together with Mr. Umar AbuBaker Ahmad, the Immigration Attaché on the Nigerian Consulate in Dubai.
Moderated by linguistics professor Dr. Lamyaa Shamat, the session featured insightful contributions from Abdulla Sabo, an writer and scholar specialising in African affairs and cultures, and Ali Loun, an Arabic critic and Hausa language lecturer. The session mentioned the origins, historical past, and unfold of the Hausa language and provided a large overview on its improvement and impression on African and international cultures.
The audio system highlighted the affect of the Arabic language on Hausa, and the historic contribution of Arabic within the formation of the Hausa language by means of commerce, schooling, and faith. In addition they explored the widespread phrases between the 2 languages, in addition to the traditions, clothes, and delicacies of the Hausa individuals.
Sabo and Loun additionally mentioned the function of Arabic language within the Hausa literature, and offered literary excerpts, distinguished authors and books, and traced the evolution of the Hausa literature. The session concluded by highlighting the UAE’s efforts to protect languages, like Hausa, by utilising know-how and schooling to enhance the presence of those languages.
Since inception, the Mohammed Bin Rashid Library goals to spark the eagerness for information amongst member of society within the UAE, protect Arabic literature, and spotlight various international cultures, by offering free entry to a novel assortment of books and different sources of information, in addition to year-round occasions and workshops.