Two Tunisian academicians Abdelkader Hamadi Muhairi and Hamadi Somood are co-winners of the award "Ibn Khaldun - Senghor" for translation, which is presented annually by The Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) and the International Organization of la Francophonie. In a statement issued from its headquarters in Tunis, ALECSO said that the two professors were awarded the prize for translating "The New Encyclopedic Dictionary of Linguistics" from Arabic to French.