She said the center crafted its brief to appeal to Roberts, emphasizing evidence that diversity in higher education serves the national interest.

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She underscored that languages are not only tools of communication -- they carry values and meaning, and they embody identities in all their diversity and richness, conveying visions of the world, emphasizing again the contribution of Arabic, its poets and writers, to universal culture.

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