Her Excellency Noura Al Kaabi, Minister of Culture and Youth, delivered a speech at the Arab League celebration of the International Day of the Arabic Language. The day is being marked this year under the theme Arabic Language, a bridge between civilizations at Expo 2020 Dubai. Her Excellency stressed the importance of the role played by the UAE’s visionary leadership in supporting the Arabic language with dozens of initiatives to encourage its spread, preserve its authenticity and promote it as a language of thought and knowledge, locally as well as globally.