To celebrate World Arabic Language Day, we turn to the hands, hearts, and minds of artists, writers, dreamers, and educators.  Will Arabic continue to be the language of science, literature, business, government, and culture?  Our programme brings together the finest minds to inspire a call-to-action and ensure that Arabic continues as the chosen language for over 400 million people.  

The Future of the Arabic Language 

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To celebrate World Arabic Language Day, we turn to the hands, hearts, and minds of artists, writers, dreamers, and educators.


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Inside Expo: Sustainability I: The World’s Oldest Innovator

Inside Expo: Sustainability II: Harnessing the Sun

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Terra - The Sustainability Pavilion - Audio Guide

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Terra offers two different, immersive tracks that take visitors either Under the Forest or Under the Ocean in order to learn more about the beauty of the natural world. 

Under the Ocean Track - Terra

See the Expo Young Innovators exhibition, which brings to life the creativity of students across the UAE who worked on developing solutions to global challenges.

Expo Young Innovators Exhibition Terra 

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At Expo 2020, sustainability is an urgent, attainable reality, and Terra – The Sustainability Pavilion is the proof. Both immersive exhibition space and exemplar of environmental self-sufficiency, Terra is a pioneering piece of architecture that pushes the limits of renewable design.

The pavilion’s 130-metre-wide solar canopy – so vast that you could park 10 city buses head-to-tail atop it – converts sunshine into electricity for the exhibits below. Artfully funnelled natural light and local plant species, together with technologies that can reduce water consumption by 75 per cent, show the way to a sustainable future.


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Inspiring experiential journey through our shared sustainable future

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Two immersive paths to choose from: beneath a forest and beneath an ocean

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LEED Platinum environmental features, including solar power and water recycling

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The Making of Terra - The Sustainability Pavilion

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Interactive Tour: Terra - The Sustainability Pavilion

Terra is a super-sized marvel of forward-thinking design. The pavilion’s technology generates enough energy in a year to power a Nissan Leaf to drive halfway to Mars, while another system captures moisture from the air you breathe and turns it into drinkable water. Enter and take a fantastical journey through the wonders of nature, humanity’s challenges and the promise of our shared future. 


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The Sustainability Pavilion

Terra is home to five thought-provoking art installations from artists around the world, with each piece demonstrating a response to the issue of sustainability.

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Terra Art Installations

Young visitors can explore a fantastical world inspired by Terra's very own octopus, Octavia.

Octavia

Octavia's Playground

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Her Excellency Haifa Abu Ghazaleh (L), Assistant Secretary General, League of Arab States and Hanada Haha Thomure (C), Endowed Chair Professor of Arabic Language at Zayed University at the World Arabic Language Day Flagship event at Terra A

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His Excellency Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary General of the League of Arab States speaks at the World Arabic Language Day Flagship event at Terra Auditorium m24526

Eman Hylooz (L), Founder of Abjadd, speaks at the World Arabic Language Day Flagship event at Terra Auditorium m24535

Dr Ali Bin Abdallah Moussa, Secretary General, Arabic Language International Council, speaks at the World Arabic Language Day Flagship event at Terra Auditorium m24529

Calligraphy artist Nugamashi (L) speaks at the World Arabic Language Day Flagship event at Terra Auditorium m24538

World Arabic Language Day is celebrated every year on 18 December, coinciding with the day in 1973 that the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted Arabic as the sixth official language of the Organisation. The event highlights the beauty and value of Arabic, to preserve Arabic language heritage and boost the use of Arabic on global political, economic and cultural platforms. Celebrations focus on representing the Arabic language as a symbol of Arab identity, encouraging current and new generations to cherish and cultivate their national heritage. This year’s World Arabic Language Day theme “Arabic Language, a bridge between civilisations” is a call to reaffirm the important role of the Arabic language in connecting people through culture, science, literature and many more domains.

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Knowledge drives our global community to innovate for a better future, be it advances in medicine, sustainability, technology and more. Our planet’s rich diversity brings forward the importance of creating, storing and transferring knowledge which spans across geographies, cultures and generations. 
During this Theme Week, Expo will present and celebrate the knowledge, culture and heritage of all our participating nations, bringing them together under the UAE’s Golden Jubilee theme of Human Solidarity. Topics of discussion will include intangible and tangible heritage, creative industries, and knowledge economies, among other things. 


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How do we harness and challenge our knowledge today to prepare for the future?

Skills Development and Vocational Training

Informal and Traditional Knowledge Systems

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Dubai values education as the key to helping its youngest citizens take charge of the future. Expo 2020’s host city extends that mission across the globe with Dubai Cares, a dynamic philanthropic organisation that helps children in developing countries access quality learning opportunities. At the Dubai Cares Pavilion, learn about the transformative power of education and the unique challenges facing future generations through a series of playful, immersive activities designed to engage the whole family. Sit in a futuristic learning pod, take photos in a comics-inspired exhibit and find out how you can help grow the Dubai Cares movement.

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Dubai Cares Pavilion

Knowledge & Learning Week

The American University in the Emirates will be celebrating the success of its students as they host an extra special graduation ceremony, live from the Jubilee Stage at Expo 2020 Dubai. 

American University in the Emirates Graduation Ceremony

See 450 students from the American University in the Emirates graduate live on the Jubilee Stage.

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With a striking design inspired by fossilised sand dunes, Jubilee Stage is an open-air festival stage. Located in Jubilee Park, it hosts performances and large concerts.

Jubilee Stage

Delivered by Australian organisation, Indigital, this workshop focuses on teaching digital skills through a cultural lens. It equips teachers to merge digital and cultural training for increased levels of student engagement and better learning outcomes.

Teaching Digital Skills Through a Cultural Lens

Indigital Schools Workshop

This workshop focuses on teaching digital skills through a cultural lens. It equips teachers to merge digital and cultural training for increased levels of student engagement and better learning outcomes.

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Capped by a digitally enhanced “cumulus cloud” that provides shade in the daytime and a canvas for dazzling light displays at night, the Australia Pavilion is a vibrant showcase for the kind of imagination Australians like to call “Blue Sky Dreaming”.

Inside and out, the focus here is on Australian innovation. From the ancient astronomy of the Aboriginal peoples, which you can learn about through an immersive projection show on the pavilion’s interior dome, to the sustainably produced timber that forms the pavilion’s hill-shaped exterior, there’s no shortage of blue-sky ideas here to explore.


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With a crescent-shaped first level that resembles dusty hills and a cloud-like shade structure hanging overhead, the Australia Pavilion is designed to evoke a dramatic Outback landscape. 

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Indigital Schools Workshop: teaching digital skills through a cultural lens

Watch this interactive science game show, "Would You Rather", where the host asks a series of hard-hitting questions with no right answers. The event includes interactive audience participation rounds and exciting experiences, as well as an engaging educational experience.

Would You Rather?

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Watch this exciting and fun science-based game show that includes audience paricipation and experiments.

World Arabic Language Day

The Future of the Arabic Language

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Knowledge & Learning Week.

This event is part of the
World Arabic Language Day.

The Future of the Arabic Language

Image Gallery

Knowledge & Learning Week.

This event is part of theWorld Arabic Language Day.

This event is part of the
World Arabic Language Day.