Lower House endorses bill on protecting Arabic

By Petra - Apr 19,2015 - Last updated at Apr 19,2015

AMMAN — The Lower House on Sunday endorsed a draft law to protect Arabic, aimed at safeguarding the language against “slang and foreign terms” in official agencies and state-run educational and media institutions.

At the beginning of the House meeting, the Chamber’s secretary general, Hamad Gharir, read the Royal Decree proroguing Parliament’s ordinary session as of May 2.

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