Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation establishes a new Chair for Master in Contemporary Arabic Studies at the University of Barcelona

Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation established a new chair for Master program in Contemporary Arabic Studies (MCAS) at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in Spain. The chair, considered the first of its kind established with an Arab support, will hold the name of the Chairman of the Foundation, Kuwaiti poet Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain.

According to the Rector of the University, ​​ Dr. Margarita Arboix, this chair is considered among the European programs for Master degree followed by the Spanish universities. It’s one of the few MA programs in Europe taught entirely in Arabic, aiming to promote the students’ Arabic language level from a B1, according to the CEFR, to the highest CEFR level, a C2.

It aims also to train professionals in the field of Arabic studies, and it is dedicated to Spanish and European students who want to deepen their knowledge of the Arabic language and culture.

The MCAS program proposes a modern and innovative approach to the multi-faceted and heterogeneous reality of today’s Arab world, with a particular emphasis on key issues such as cultural and religious diversity, new family and social structures, cosmopolitanism, hybridization, demographic movements, social protest, human rights, post-modernity, etc.

The Chairman of Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation, poet Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain said the establishment of a Master for Contemporary Arab Studies is part of the Foundation’s goals in the dissemination of the Arabic language in the world affirming its presence as one of the international languages.