The Department of Arabic Language Teaching at the Institute of Arabic Language for Non-Native Speakers held its concluding scientific lecture entitled, "Teaching the Original Reading Text at the Advanced Level". The lecture was presented by Prof. Omar Al-Siddiq, and chaired by Dr. Al-Sayyid Al-Mansi.

The event was attended by a number of the professors of the institute, the foremost of them being the Institute's Vice Dean for Educational Affairs, Dr. Abdul-Aziz Al-Talhi, and the Head of the Department of Arabic Language Teaching, Dr. Arif Al-Usaimi.