Institute for Studies and Research on Arabization
The Institute for Studies and Research on Arabization ({{Langx|ar|معهد الدراسات والأبحاث للتعريب}}, {{Langx|fr|l’Institut d’études et de recherches pour l’arabisation}} or {{Lang|fr|IERA}}) is an institute dedicated to Arabization in Rabat, Morocco created by decree January 14, 1960.{{Cite web|title=Décret n° 2-59-1965 du 15 rejeb 1379 (14 Janvier 1960) portant création d'un Institut d'études et de recherches pour l'arabisation|url=https://adala.justice.gov.ma/production/html/Fr/53691.htm|access-date=2021-03-31|website=adala.justice.gov.ma|archive-date=2021-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331015756/https://adala.justice.gov.ma/production/html/Fr/53691.htm|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|title=الجريدة الرسمية عدد 2413 بتاريخ 23/01/1959 الصفحة 243|url=https://adala.justice.gov.ma/production/html/ar/48077.htm|access-date=2021-03-31|website=adala.justice.gov.ma|archive-date=2021-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331045717/https://adala.justice.gov.ma/production/html/ar/48077.htm|url-status=dead}}
History
In 1960, the Moroccan government created the Institute for Studies and Research on Arabization at Mohammed V University for the development and modernization of Arabic, with Lakhdar Ghazal as its director.{{Cite book |last=Nemeth |first=Titus |title=Arabic type-making in the machine age: the influence of technology on the form of Arabic type, 1908–1993 |publisher=Brill |year=2017 |isbn=9789004349308 |location=Leiden; Boston |pages=109–129 |oclc=993752295}} Its first congress was held in 1961 in Rabat.{{Cite journal|last=Alalou|first=Ali|date=2006|title=Language and Ideology in the Maghreb: Francophonie and Other Languages|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25480661|journal=The French Review|volume=80|issue=2|pages=408–421|jstor=25480661|issn=0016-111X}} In 1967, the Arab League entrusted the Institute for Studies and Research on Arabization with coordinating efforts to enrich Arabic with developing scientific terminologies and to standardize the Arabization of such concepts in the Arab region.{{Cite book|last=UNESCO|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PhnLDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA19|title=بناء مجتمعات المعرفة في المنطقة العربية|date=2019-12-31|publisher=UNESCO Publishing|isbn=978-92-3-600090-9|language=ar}}
In 1975, an agreement with Morocco's {{Interlanguage link|National Ministry of Education, Preschool, and Sports|lt=Ministry of Education|ar|وزارة التربية الوطنية والتعليم الأولي والرياضة (المغرب)|fr|Ministère de l’Éducation nationale, du Préscolaire et des Sports (Maroc)}} and UNESCO provided funding for Lakhdar Ghazal's ASV Codar typography project.
The administration of Prime Minister Saadeddine Othmani made the Institute part of the Mohammed V University in 2020.{{Cite web|date=2020-02-01|title="معهد التعريب" يلتحق بجامعة الرباط لإنهاء "بلوكاج مجلس اللغات"|url=https://www.hespress.com/معهد-التعريب-يلتحق-بجامعة-الرباط-لإ-540152.html|access-date=2021-03-31|website=Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية|language=ar}} This move came after controversy arose from an attempt to place it along with the Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture (IRCAM) under the National Council of Moroccan Languages and Cultures.{{Cite web|date=2020-02-14|title=جدل متواصل يرافق إلحاق "معهد التعريب" و"إيركام" بمجلس اللغات|url=https://www.hespress.com/جدل-متواصل-يرافق-إلحاق-معهد-التعريب-542236.html|access-date=2021-03-31|website=Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية|language=ar}}