<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Arabic-L: Mon 13 Sep 2010<br>Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <<a href="mailto:dil@byu.edu">dil@byu.edu</a>><br>[To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l@byu.edu]<br>[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to<br><a href="mailto:listserv@byu.edu">listserv@byu.edu</a> with first line reading:<br> unsubscribe arabic-l ]<br><br>-------------------------Directory------------------------------------<br><br>1) Subject: Launch of Scottish Arabic Foundation<br><br>-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------<br>1)<br>Date: 13 Sep 2010<br>From: Mourad Diouri <<a href="mailto:mourad.diouri@e-arabic.com">mourad.diouri@e-arabic.com</a>><br>Subject: Launch of Scottish Arabic Foundation<br><br><div>Dear Colleagues,</div><div> </div><div>Hope you’ve made the most of your summer holiday and ready for the new academic year.</div><div> </div><div>I was wondering if you have any information, resources, links etc… on the 250thanniversary and heritage of teaching Arabic in Scotland that took place in 2000.</div><div> </div><div>I would need this information urgently to help organising an exhibion for the launch of a new organisation called the Scottish Arabic Federation (SAFE) at the Scottish Parliament on 29th Sep to which you are all invited (see invitation below). There will be many high profile attendees as the event is sponsored by Marilyn Livingstone MSP (Member of Scottish Parliament).</div><div> </div><div>Any help to organise the aforementioned would be really appreciated</div><div> </div><div>Many thanks</div><div> </div><div>_________________________________</div><div>Mourad Diouri | مراد الديوري</div><div>e-Learning Lecturer in Arabic Studies</div><div>Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World</div><div>University of Edinburgh, 19 George Square</div><div>Edinburgh, EH8 9LD, UK</div><div>e: <a href="mailto:mourad.diouri@e-arabic.com">mourad.diouri@e-arabic.com</a></div><div>w: eArabic Learning Portal : <a href="http://e-Arabic.com">e-Arabic.com</a></div><div>w: As the Arabs Say... <a href="http://v-Arabic.com/aas">v-Arabic.com/aas</a></div><div>w: Visual Arabic Library: <a href="http://v-Arabic.com/vra">v-Arabic.com/vra</a></div><div>w: eArabic Teachers Network : <a href="http://v-Arabic.net">v-Arabic.net</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Event name: Launch of SAFE (Scottish Arabic Federation)</div><div><br></div><div>You are invited to the launch of " Scottish Arab Federation" along with an exhibition about the Arabic language and culture in Scotland. The event is hosted by Fife Arabic Society and sponsored by Marilyn Livingstone MSP.</div><div><br></div><div>Time: Wednesday 29th September 2010, 6.30pm – 8.30pm</div><div>Venue: Garden Lobby, Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh</div><div><br></div><div>We hope the event will provide the opportunity to:</div><div><br></div><div>create awareness of the presence of Scottish Arabs in Scotland and of their contribution to the social, professional and academic aspects of the society they form part of.</div><div>The promotion of racial harmony, equality and diversity through the promotion of, and by encouraging participation in, integration and orientation activities for Arabic and host communities in Scotland.</div><div>Building the profile and extending influence; make known the views of the Arab communities within Scotland on a variety of subjects through the democratic channels available such as Scottish Parliament.</div><div><br></div><div>If you would like to attend please contact Adnan Miyasar: <a href="mailto:amiyasar@hotmail.com">amiyasar@hotmail.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>Telephone: 07760 3535918</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div><br></div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>End of Arabic-L: 13 Sep 20100<br></body></html>