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The Institute of Arab Research and Studies is one of the long-established Arab scientific institutions in the field of specialized studies and research. Its establishment dates back to Resolution No. (437) of the Council of the League of Arab States, issued on 23 September 1952, as a unit affiliated with the League's General Secretariat and subject to its direct supervision; it began its activity on the first of November 1953 under the name of the Institute of Higher Arab Studies. With the establishment of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) in 1970, direct legal affiliation of the Institute was transferred to it, along with a number of the League's cultural bodies, pursuant to Resolution No. (104) of the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, dated 10 September 1970.

Since its founding, the Institute has carried out a scientific and cultural mission consisting of serving Arab studies and promoting scientific research in the various fields of the humanities and social sciences. Throughout its history, it has witnessed a gradual development in its academic programs and organizational structure, enabling it to keep pace with scientific and cognitive transformations and to meet the needs of researchers and students. Within this framework, the Institute obtained membership of the Association of Arab Universities in 1994, and from the 1995-1996 academic year began operating a doctoral program, which strengthened its standing as a specialized academic and research institution.

The Institute has also seen continuous expansion in its fields of specialization, including the development of departments of historical, geographical, economic, social, literary, linguistic, and legal studies, and the creation of departments specialized in political, media, and educational research and studies, in addition to a department of codicology and text editing. In 2016, the Department of Management Research and Studies was established, bringing the number of the Institute's departments to eleven, reflecting its keenness to keep pace with scientific developments and the requirements of development in the Arab world, particularly in the fields of public administration and business administration from an Arab perspective.

Thus, the Institute of Arab Research and Studies continues to carry out its mission as an academic and research space specialized in Arab studies, combining scientific training with specialized research, and contributing to producing knowledge related to the issues of the Arab world and enhancing the presence of Arab studies in the scientific and cultural scene.

The Institute aims to:

Raise awareness of the importance of Arab thought and the value of Arab culture and its role in human civilisation.
Foster intellectual and cultural unity among the countries of the Arab world by studying Arab issues within convergent contexts inside a single academic institution.
Prepare a generation of academics in Arab studies in the most prominent fields of the humanities and social sciences, namely: politics, economics, sociology, history, geography, the Arabic language and its literature, law, media, education, management, and heritage editing. This is based on an approach that combines rigorous scholarly training with a nationalist orientation, enabling the Institute's graduates to work efficiently in academic institutions and other relevant institutions in their countries.
Provide an extensive database covering the most important issues related to the Institute's specialisations, offering objective analyses of them, anticipating their future, and proposing various alternatives for dealing with them.
Disseminating the results of the studies conducted by the Institute as widely as possible, whether by holding scholarly symposia about them or by printing and publishing them, in a manner that serves Arab causes and raises awareness of them, in accordance with a plan that brings together the efforts of the Institute's professors, its students, and the experts who collaborate with them — whether through the courses taught at it, the scholarly theses discussed at it, the research projects planned for it, or the Institute's peer-reviewed scholarly journal published twice a year.
Contribute to strengthening the communication of Arab culture with other cultures by offering the opportunity to study at the Institute to non-Arabs who are proficient in Arabic in both speaking and writing.
Present pressing Arab issues for public dialogue in which the best specialists and large numbers of interested parties take part, with the aim of clarifying their dimensions and offering the best ideas concerning them. This is carried out through the Institute's scholarly conference, its international symposium, its round tables, its cultural seasons, and all its scholarly forums.

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