RABAT — The Director General of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) Salim M. Al-Malik recited here Monday a poem shedding light on the linguistic exuberance and abundance of the Arabic language.

His recital came during a ceremony the organization, recently held, to celebrate the anniversary of the World Day of the Arabic Language, corresponding to Dec. 18.

An elite section of prominent officials, executives, academics, world agencies representatives and research centers' experts, from all over the world, attended the event, in a tremendously cultural demonstration, to commemorate the Arabic language day.

Explaining why he preferred to remind the world of the prestigious status and old glories of Arabic through poetry rather than other means, including prose, he said poetry is the most appropriate vehicle of discourse, in terms of condensed ideas, supremacy in value and fascination of eloquence. — SPA