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Later on, Arabic was abandoned and Turkish became the language of instruction in government schools and educational institutions.
Most remarkable was the fact that Arabic was the language of instruction in these educational establishments, including the Europeanstaffed medical school.
4 But in 1879 the Board of Managers decided to make English obligatory and, despite the protest and condemnation of the students and a number of instructors, Arabic ceased to be the language of instruction beginning with the academic year 1879-80.
During that year, King Faysal of Syria opened the Arabic College of Medicine in Damascus.
The Department of Health (Damascus) issued the first Arabic medical magazine (Public Health), which featured a series of articles on Arabic language and medicine.
"5 It also published the views of linguists and specialists in Syria and other Arab countries on the meanings and connotations of the new terms introduced in the language.
These people were to examine every new term, study its origin, its equivalent in English and French, its translation in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, its related meaning in old Arabic books, and then choose and adopt a suitable term.
In 1958, several new colleges were established and formed the University of Damascus, which now has more than ten major colleges that teach arts and humanities, education, Islamic law, economy, medicine, civil engineering, architecture, dentistry, pharmacology, agriculture, fine 5See Husni Sabal).
In all of these universities, Arabic is the only language of instruction, and all textbooks and references are in Arabic.