The Faculty of Humanities at King Khalid University, represented by the Department of Arabic Language and Literature, in collaboration with the King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz International Center to serve Arabic language, hosted an expert from the United Nations in Riyadh, HE Prof. Mohammed Fawzi Al-Marayati, within the activities of the Scientific Lectures program, which was held at the Central Stands, Al-Jrejer.

Last week, the expert held a course on the role of language in the social, economic fields, entitled "Language and Sustainable Development and the Role of Language in the Transition to a Knowledge-based Economy and Knowledgeable Society" .

Al-Marayati clarified the importance of the subject, which was discussed in the lecture, especially in light of the lack of interest in such topics in the Arab community in general. A discussion took place during the lecture on a number of points, most notably: sustainable development, knowledgeable society and language and its role in the knowledge-based economy.