PARIS: The Saudi Cultural Attaché in Paris has launched the first of its cultural symposium programs for the second half of the year in the presence of Saudi researchers and students in France. The first symposium looked at the media discourse from linguistic and social perspectives and the power of language in influencing public opinion. Abdullah Al-Khatib, the Saudi Cultural Attaché in Paris, said his office sought to give expression to the Kingdom's cultural and intellectual scene in French society and bring together Saudi students with French intellectuals. “That's based on the principle that cultural work has become a one of the basic standards of living standards and belonging to the age,” Al
