“In his role as secretary general, Shousha has been critical of what he considers to be a decline in the quality of Arabic in Egypt, a problem he attributes to radio and television announcers, poor teaching standards and the lack of libraries in schools. Shousha has described the problem as ‘an issue of national security.’”

via Egypt’s Biggest Literary Award to Poet and ‘Language Guardian’ Farouk Shousha — Arabic Literature (in English)