RIYADH: The King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies has signed a supplementary memorandum of cooperation with the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization to strengthen collaboration in education, culture, science, heritage and knowledge.

The appendix builds on an earlier agreement and aims to deepen institutional partnership in intellectual, cultural and scientific research, with a focus on programs linked to the Arabic Narrative project launched by the center three years ago.

It was signed at a ceremony attended by Prince Turki bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz, chairman of the King Faisal Center, and ALECSO Director-General Mohamed Ould Amar, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Tuesday.

The agreement reflects both sides’ commitment to high-quality cooperation drawing on the King Faisal Center’s research expertise and ALECSO’s role in advancing Arab culture and knowledge.

Under the memorandum, the two parties will organize specialized scientific and cultural seminars and conferences related to the Arabic narrative.

The cooperation also includes in-depth research on the trajectories of Arab thought and its links to global knowledge, while enriching the initiative’s cultural content through expertise in history, language, heritage and interdisciplinary studies.

Both institutions aim to foster a research environment that produces rigorous scholarship to strengthen the Arab narrative and present it to regional and international audiences.

The agreement also provides for the establishment of the “ALECSO Chair at the King Faisal Center for Arab-Islamic Studies,” marking a new phase of collaboration.