The signing ceremony was attended by the Chair of the AUS Board of Trustees, Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan bin Mohamed Al Qasimi, the President of Al Akhawayn University, Abdellatif Jouahri, the President of AUI, Amine Bensaid, and the Chancellor of AUS, Tod Laursen.
This memorandum of understanding lays the foundations for a strategic partnership focused on Arab-Islamic studies, language teaching, and emerging technologies, with the aim of promoting cultural exchanges, collaborative research, and academic projects driven by a common heritage and a shared vision of the future.
The two universities also plan to create a joint centre dedicated to digital humanities and pedagogy, integrating the contributions of artificial intelligence to support research on Arab and Muslim literature, cultural dynamics, and contemporary modes of communication.
