The 2nd International Conference of Deaf People - Morocco

[Hend Al-Showaier]

Greetings all,
 
I am pleased to inform you about the 2nd International Conference of Deaf People which will take place in Fez, Morocco, October 9th - 11th, 2008.
 
The conference will have 3 themes: 
  

Deaf Education. 
Sign Languages Linguistics. 
Mental Health and Deafness. 
 

The audience will be:
 

Deaf People. 
Educators. 
Researchers. 
Post graduate students. 
Interpreters. 
Parents of Deaf children. 
Governmental and non governmental representatives. 
National and international organizations like the WFD and WASLI. The Arab Federation of Organizations for the Deaf will be invited too. 
Associations of/for the Deaf.
 
The Sign Language Linguistics is considered a new field for the Arab. The purpose of having a theme on Sign Language Linguistics is to spread the information and the latest findings in sign languages researches. As well as discussing about American Sign Language and British Sign Language, though these two countries share the same spoken languages, but they have different signed langauges. We would be also happy to know about any similar situation in Europe.
 
 Many Arab people do not have any information about this field. We want to atract as many sign language linguists as possible to spread the information. Hearing people are always comparing signed languages with spoken languages. They say since the Arab countries use ONE spoken language, then the Arab Deaf should use ONE signed language! 
 
Even those individuals who support using the local sign language, they think it is approperiate to borrow signs from a foreign country since the Deaf don't have a sign for a specified word. They don't realize that sign language developes naturally by the community who uses it exactly like any spoken language. In all signed languages there are no signs for each word. Instead the Deaf fingerspell those words which don't have a sign, but do not take a foreign sign! 
 
 Here is the conference website: 
 
http://www.fmsourds.org/index.php?a=readmore&n=66.
 
Any one interested, please contact Mr. Abdulaziz Arssi, the president of the conference: 
Mr. Abdelaziz Arssi- Project Director
Tel/SMS :0021262102415
Fax:0021235601651
Mail: fmsourds at gmail.com

 
If you have any question, please don't hesitate to contact me. Please spread out the announcement. Hope to see you in Morocco.
 
Best regards,
Hend



 
 
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Hend Al Showaier
Coordinator, Deaf and Sign Language Program
Prince Salman Center for Disability Research 
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
www.pscdr.org.sa 
 
Mailing address (Home) :
P.O. Box 26031
Riyadh 11486, Saudi Arabia.


      
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