Celebrating, Preserving
&
Promoting
the Arabic language
Vision
To become the meeting point, the international umbrella of stakeholders, and the voice representing all specialists, researchers and those interested in various sciences, literature, and arts of the Arabic language from the Arab nations, the Muslim world, and globally.
Who are we
The Arabic Language Int’l Forum, ALIF, is an initiative of the “Rising Crescent Organization”, a non-governmental organization, not for-profit global foundation. The temporary headquarters of the Forum is Antalya, Turkey, and it has branches and regional centers in other cities world-wide.
Our Members
The membership of the Forum brings together individuals, institutions, foundations, universities, civic society organizations, corporations, and official and international bodies interested in the Arabic language from around the world (200 countries).
Our Mision & Goals
ALIF is actively engaged with all fields, sciences, literature, and arts related to the Arabic language
Celebrating the Arabic language, preserving it, and improving its future through international programs, projects, and initiatives that raise the global standing and status of the Arabic language, and connect this to an interconnected civilizational structure for a better future for humanity.
ALIF25
The Global Annual Gathering
Experts & Stakeholders of The Arabic Language
12-14 December 2025, Antalya, Turkey
The vision, mission, goals, and values governing Arabic Language Int’l Forum, ALIF is a set of interrelated and integrated principles, expressing ALIF’s identity, and aiming in its entirety to achieve the success of its strategic plan. This identity is the umbrella for the system of practices, manners and ethics adopted by ALIF, in order to achieve its vision for the future. ALIF is also focused on the clarity of its orientations, which combine independence, inclusiveness and universality. This focus highlights the ideas that govern its work and strategic plans.
Prof. Bassem Khafagy
ALIF’s Objectives
1. Support and empower experts, specialists, and all those interested in various fields, sciences, literature, and arts related to the Arabic language.
2. Increase communication and collaboration between various entities, organizations, linguistic academies, and civic society institutions associated with the Arabic language.
3. Globally Introduce activities, events, and programs of associations, academic and educational institutions, and universities involved in the teaching of the Arabic language.
4. Preservation of heritage, arts, literature, and sciences associated with Arabic.
5. Strengthen the role of modern technologies in the service, development, and preservation of language.
Principal Values
ALIF observes the best values, practices, and manners that help the Forum achieve its vision and mission, express its identity, and are linked to the strategic vision that the Forum seeks to implement.
These governing values obligate employees, members, and success partners to adhere to them, and present a framework that allows for success. These governing values are:
- Appreciate & associate with the Arabic language
- Respect the Arabic language and its civilization
- Revive the role of language as a uniting factor
- Independence
- Communication and collaboration
- Inclusiveness and universality
- Quality and Excellence
- Sustainability
- Social Responsibility
- Ethical Standards
Join ALIF
Become A Member Today
Members are given priority in participating in ALIF’s programs, activities, and panel discussions. ALIF offers many specialized services to members throughout the year.
1.Individuals
Experts, academics, consultants, specialists, and public figures. It also includes teachers, writers, and thinkers, as well as those interested in the arts and aesthetics of the Arabic language, calligraphy, paintings inspired by Arabic.
2. Academic Institutions
Universities and scientific institutes, language schools, study centers, institutes, and centers for teaching Arabic to non-native speakers, Arabic language academies, and educational institutions interested in Arabic language arts.
3. Civic Society
These include non-governmental organizations (NGOs), regional institutions, official bodies, government agencies, endowment institutions, associations for the defense of the Arabic language, and the media.
4. Small & Medium Coprs.
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) includes regional and local small and medium-sized enterprises, translation centers, Arabic language exhibitions and conferences, and private educational centers.
5. Int'l Org. & Companies
It brings together international entities, global organizations, multinational and transcontinental corporations, regional companies, and other international and major global, commercial, and cultural entities.
Sponsors & Supporters
Interest Areas
ALIF is interested in all fields, sciences, literature, and arts of the Arabic language. It aspires towards inclusiveness and universality, so that its activities and programs expand to represent all the unique and distinctive aspects of the Arabic language. ALIF also aim to reach out – with these programs and initiatives to – all those interested in the Arabic language worldwide.
- Arabic language education expansion
- Academic studies
- The role of universities and schools
- Evolution of Arabic language sciences
- Arabic language and Quran
- Poetry, writings, and Arabic literature
- Public speaking and interactive systems
- Translation and knowledge exchange
- Calligraphy and Arabic ornamental arts
- Decorating Qurans and their fonts
- Public speaking, recitation and tartil
- Aesthetics of digital fonts
- Arabic and colloquial dialects
- Languages using the Arabic alphabet
- Arab and international institutions
- The state of the Arabic language globally
- Language computing technologies
- Artificial intelligence and the future of language
- Arabi distance learning
- Digital transformation and archiving
- Islam and the Arabic language
- Language and revival of the “Ummah”
- The impact of the Arabic language on civilizations
- The future of the Arabic language
Success Partners
