On January 29, 2020, the Language Research Center organized an insightful seminar on the Bachelor of Arts in English program. The seminar featured Dr. Adel Bahameed's presentation on the complex subject of translating songs and poems.

Dr. Bahameed's discussion focused on the inherent challenges in translating musical and poetic works. His research was guided by a purpose to enrich the field of translation studies by exploring the feasibility of translating songs and poems.

On January 20, 2020, the Abha Palace Hotel hosted the Sports Governance Forum under the patronage of Asir Governor, Prince Turki bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz. The forum, held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., provided a platform for key stakeholders from around the Kingdom and overseas to navigate the unique challenges of sports governance, initiate new endeavors, and implement collaborative solutions.

In a previous report on September 1, 2019, we announced that Dr. Eyhab Abdulrazak Bader Eddin, a member of our faculty, had been recognized as a Qualified Member (Translator) by the United Kingdom's Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI) for the English to Arabic language combination. Founded in 1986, ITI has since grown to comprise 3,000 members.

After overturning the agreement that last Wednesday would be the final match of the Fall 2019 Semester, an enthusiastic FC clt once again thoroughly enjoyed an entertaining game last night on December 18, 2019. Despite having a hapless, Azaad Hayat, aptly labelled as "worse than the worst of the worst ...ever..goalkeepers" by an observant Dr. Mahmoud Radwan, Team Blue still managed to win quite comfortably. This win was largely due to the Blues having three previous "Man of the Match " titleholders in its team. Dr Yahya Asiri, Saqub Aftab, and Dr.

In an energy-packed night which saw a perfectly full moon substituting for a number of fused floodlights, Team Blue and Team Orange of the Bachelor of Arts in English program faced off in the final match of the semester. Although the guys donning orange once again ran out narrow winners, there was very little difference between the strengths of the two sides. Because all of the players on the field tried their utmost to impress the judges, it is once again a travesty of justice to choose "The Man of the Match". But, after due consideration, Dr. Abdulrahman Almosa and Dr.

In a step towards enriching research skills, the Women's Scientific Research Committee of the Bachelor of Arts in English program held an insightful 'EndNote Workshop' on November 27, 2019. Led by Ms. Jalila Alghamdi, the workshop aimed to familiarize both faculty members and graduate students with the functionalities of EndNote, a software specifically designed for managing bibliographies and references.

On November 27, 2019, Dr. Ahlullah Siddiqui of the Bachelor of Arts in English program delivered a presentation titled 'Interpretive Reading' at a seminar organized by the Language Research Center. The presentation was based on a research paper that he co-authored with Dr. Ahmad Ismail Assiri titled, "Interpretive Reading as a Strategy to Construct Meaning in EFL Reading Comprehension: A Case Study at KKU EFL Classroom."

The second game of FC clt provided absolutely magical moments of shock and awe. After captains Azaad Hayat and Dr. Ahlullah Siddiqui selected players for their Orange and Blue teams, respectively, the two hour and twenty-one-minute game took off at an unbelievably, blistering pace. Even two bouts of heavy rains pouring down from the overcast, Abha sky, could not dampen the enthusiasm of the energized players.

On November 20, 2019, the Language Research Center hosted a seminar where Dr. Amal Metwally presented her research titled 'Linguistic Markers of Metaphor in the Ever-Glorious Qur'ān towards a Computational Identification', inspired by her Ph.D. thesis.

On November 19, 2019, under the patronage of Dr. Abdullah Al-Melhi, Dean of the Faculty of Languages and Translation, the English Club held a distinguished closing award ceremony. The event, held at 11 a.m. in Auditorium 5, celebrated the end of activities conducted during the first semester of the current academic year. The ceremony was attended by a host of dignitaries, including Dr. Yahya Asiri, Vice Dean of Academic Development & Quality, Dr. Munassir Alhamami, Department Chairman, Dr.