UNESCO and KSA will use translation to bridge cultural divides
UNESCO and KSA will use translation to bridge cultural divides Source arabnews.com RIYADH: To create the UNESCO Chair in Translating Cultures, the King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies and the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation recently inked an agreement. Audrey Azoulay, the director general of UNESCO, and Princess Maha bint Mohammed Al-Faisal, the secretary-general of the centre, signed the agreement. Dr. Moneera Al-Ghadeer will serve as the chair's director, and it will be formed with the help of the Saudi Arabian Commission on Literature, Publishing, and Translation. It will support the expanding demands for cultural diversity, inclusive and fair education, and interdisciplinary research in the humanities and social sciences. By encouraging partnerships between academics with expertise in translation, culture, intangible heritage, the humanities, and artificial intelligence at the loca