Vice President of Al-Azhar University Yousif Amer said that the Turkish and Indian soap operas are considered a real danger to society, describing it as one of the threats that aims to undermine Egypt’s stability and contribute in the loss of the Arabic language. Amer’s comments came in a speech during a seminar ‘The role of Al-Azhar Center for Translation in the dissemination of Islamic culture’, which took place on Tuesday as part of activities of the 14th session of the Alexandria International Book Fair. He stressed the existence of a new idea that will be applied in the Al-Azhar Center for Translation in the dissemination of Islamic culture, which is Al-Azhar’s dictionary of Islamic terminology. After more than ten years of being the main supporter of Turkish television drama, Saudi satellite network the MBC group had recently announced it is suspending all Turkish soap operas. With no prior notice, viewers noticed that the Turkish dramas they were arduously following had suddenly been taken off air.

Source: Egypt Independent April 04, 2018 12:22 UTC