The Minister of Higher Education Dr. Khaled Al-Anqari opened here today An International Symposium on "Curriculum Issues of Linguistic and Literary Studies - Theory and Application," organized by Faculty of Literature of Arabic Language Department at King Saud University with the participation of professors from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and abroad. Working papers will be presented in the four-day-symposium. In his speech, the Director of King Saud University Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulrahman Al-Othman said that leading educational institutions in the world have not only exerted all their efforts in the academic education but also proceeded ahead with the advanced research processes.