Representing the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Dr. Ghada Sasa', the Head of the Department of English Language and Literature, patronized a symposium entitled “Dialects of the Arab Orient: Scientific Developments and New Perspectives”, which was organized by Yarmouk's Departments of English Language and Literature as well as Arabic Language and Literature in cooperation with the French Institute for the Near East.

In her opening speech, Sasa' stated that the symposium is a continuation of the symposium held by the University of Jordan about the various linguistic aspects of the dialects of the Levant. Dr. Osama Al-Omari from the Department of English Language and Literature, who coordinated the symposium in cooperation with Dr. Khaled Bani Doumi from the Department of Arabic Language and Literature, stressed the keenness of Yarmouk University to function as a platform for science and culture by hosting scientific meetings that shed light on the authentic Arab heritage.

Dr. Salam Diab from Grenoble Alpes University in France and Dr. Pauline Cochet, Head of the Arabic Studies Department at the Institute, gave a brief about the goals and activities of the center in the countries of the region, especially Jordan. After that, Dr. Anam Alwar from the University of Essex in UK, a world-renowned Jordanian researcher in the field of sociolinguistics, interviewed graduate students in the Department of English about their research projects.