{"id":5388,"date":"2019-04-19T10:39:08","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T02:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/azlans\/?p=5388"},"modified":"2019-04-19T10:39:08","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T02:39:08","slug":"promoting-the-arab-culture-through-utm-arabic-culture-day-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/azlans\/promoting-the-arab-culture-through-utm-arabic-culture-day-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Promoting the Arab culture through UTM Arabic Culture Day 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<p class=\"entry-meta\">April 14, 2019 by <span class=\"entry-author\"><a class=\"entry-author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/news.utm.my\/author\/hafizan\/\" rel=\"author\"><span class=\"entry-author-name\">Hafizan Hamzah<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>JOHOR BAHRU<\/strong>, 8 April 2019 \u2013 The International Student Society (ISS) of Yemen, Syria and Libya with the collaboration with UTM International had organized the Arabic Culture Day 2019.<br \/>\nThe cultural exhibition one-day programme was held at Dewan Sri Perdana, Kolej Perdana, Johor Bahru campus. The Programme Director, Maneq Al-Asaadi said that representatives from eight Arab countries participated in this programme.<br \/>\n\u201cThey were representatives from Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Jordan, Syria, Libya, Palestine, Iraq and Egypt, and they share the same objective of\u00a0 bringing the Arab culture to the outside world.<br \/>\n\u201cIn this programme, we have two sessions \u2013 one was held during the day and another one during the night. The day session consisted the exhibition, food testing and culture exhibition of each participant\u2019s country,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nManeq further said\u00a0 that the night session showcased the traditional middle east cuisine, Arabic traditional dancing, singing and closing ceremony by the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Student Affairs), Prof. Dr. Durrishah Idrus.<br \/>\n\u201cAmong the traditional Arabic cuisine that was served were Mandi Rice, Madhod Rice and other Arab traditional meals,\u201d said Maneq.<br \/>\nThe main intention of organizing this event was to promote the Arabic culture and food to the UTM and outside community. This programme was also in line with UTM\u2019s internationalization policy which has been introduced since 2010.<br \/>\nThe Associate Director (Student Services &amp; Global Education Experience), Prof. Dr. Nor Haniza Sarmin attended the day session and she spent time visiting the different booths.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43554\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43554\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utm.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Arabic-Culture-Day-2019-551x393.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"393\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>The Arabic Culture 2019 Programme Director, Maneq Al-Asaadi taking picture in-front of his own booth, the Yemen booth at the Arabic Culture Day 2019 held at Dewan Seri Perdana, UTM Johor Bahru<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43555\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43555\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utm.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Arabic-Culture-Day-2019-2-copy-551x378.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"378\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Prof. Dr.Nor Haniza Sarmin (two from left) sitting in the traditional Libyan desert tent exhibited at the Arabic Culture Day 2019 at Dewan Sri Perdana, UTM Johor Bahru<\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 14, 2019 by Hafizan Hamzah JOHOR BAHRU, 8 April 2019 \u2013 The International Student Society (ISS) of Yemen, Syria and Libya with the collaboration with UTM International had organized the Arabic Culture Day 2019. The cultural exhibition one-day programme was held at Dewan Sri Perdana, Kolej Perdana, Johor Bahru campus. 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