Islamabad: A two-day international conference on Comparative study of Arabic Literature will be held at Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) here on Thursday.
Justice Dr. Muhammad Al-Ghazali, judge of Supreme Court’s Shariat Appellate bench will be the chief guest at the opening session, while, it will be presided over by the Vice Chancellor Professor Dr. Zia-Ul-Qayyum.
Muslim scholars and academicians from Algeria, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Oman and UAE will attend the first-ever event on the subject.
Besides this, there will be a big number of participants from home, representing Universities, academia and some religious institution, said the AIOU’s Dean Arabic and Islamic Studies Dr. Shah Mohyuddin Hashimi.
The topics to be discussed will include influence of the Arabic literature and language on Pakistani local culture and inter-cultural influence of different literature on the human society.