AZERBAIJANI LANGUAGE TEACHING AT AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY OF EGYPT

APA
28 Jan 2010 12:31

Baku. Ibad Bagirov – APA. Chair of Turkish Language and Literature
at Ain Shams University of Egypt is teaching Azerbaijani language,
the university professor Safsafi Ahmad Al-Mursi told APA. He said
Azerbaijani language has been taught at the University since 1998 on
his initiative. Nearly 50 alumni graduated from the chair he headed
in the past years and one those students is continuing his education
at Doctor’s Program of the Baku State University.

Professor Al-Mursi emphasized the role Azerbaijani scientists and
writers in the development of the Islamic culture since the ancient
time already in ancient times. He said he visited Azerbaijan for the
third time and previously he attended the World Azerbaijanis Congress.

Al-Mursi met with the professors of the Azerbaijani Literature Chair
at the Baku State University and chairman of the Writers Union Anar.

They discussed the issues related to popularization of contemporary
writers in Egypt. The professor proposed to translate works of
Azerbaijani poets and writers to Arabic at the translation center
near the Ministry of Culture of Egypt. The process will be continued
at the Egyptian National Translation Center.

Professor Al-Musri is working now on the selected works of classic
and contemporary Azerbaijani literature. He published several articles
about Nagorno Karabakh in the journal "Middle East problems and future
researches" of Ain Shams University. The Egyptian professor is an
author of 60 articles, 21 books, 21 transtaled books, 4 dictionaries,
including Turkish-Arabic dictionary. His book "Azerbaijan in the past
and present periods" will be published in Arabic in near future.