2023-08-08 08:38:54
Last update: 08.08.2023 | 9:38
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The school year opened this year especially early for the employees of the Bnei Shimon Regional Council, with the opening of a course for studying spoken Arabic led by the council for the first time.
According to the council, “the purpose of the program is to provide employees with the language skills required in order to deepen ties with the neighboring authorities, some of which speak Arabic.”
Although there are no Arab settlements in the regional council, it borders Berhat and the Bedouin councils. The council shares with them the industrial park ‘Idan HaNegev’ and an agricultural industrial park in Kama junction.
On the educational level, special initiatives and programs are held at the Joe Alon Center for children and youth, such as a shared forest garden, summer camps for residents of Rahat and Bnei Shimon, activities in informal education to bring neighbors closer together.
A course to learn spoken Arabic for employees of the Bnei Shimon Regional Council (Photo: Spokesperson of the Bnei Shimon Regional Council)
according to Dana is happy, the spokeswoman of the council and the initiator of the course, “We are at a very basic level. But if we start a conversation with a good morning greeting in Arabic, it creates closeness and a personal relationship.” The course is led by a professional teacher from the ‘Madrasa’ school for learning Arabic. In the course that will last 10 weeks, 15 council employees participate, who chose to do so. In addition, Bedouin council employees accompany the learners and help them understand the intricacies of the language. And active practice.
head of the Council Nir Zamir He greeted the participants of the first cycle: “A council whose worldview works to create connections and regional cooperation, is required to understand each other, listen, hear and communicate. Our economic and educational activity in creating connections in the region proves that working together and good neighborliness strengthens the economy, society and the entire region. I was happy to see the high response among the council employees who asked to take part in the course. I am very proud of you and wish you great success and in Arabic, success.
Dana Shimach, the spokeswoman of the council and the initiator of the course: “We chose to promote the knowledge of the Arabic language here at the council in order to enable employees to acquire a new linguistic skill that also brings with it the removal of a cultural-social barrier. We believe that communication is the key to the continued development and growth of cooperation in all areas of life between the Jewish and Muslim populations in the Negev.”
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