On 16 May 2020 MS Asia for Education Services and Human Development in Malaysia held a forum via Zoom app, entitled: Arabic for non-native speakers in Southeast Asia.

Speakers at the symposium were:
Dr.. Seraj Al-Huda Mamoun - Director of Al-Raya University in Indonesia, and Prof. Dhu Al-Azhan bin Abdul Halim - Associate Professor at the College of Languages and Communication at Sultan Zain Al-Abidin University in Malaysia, and Dr. Saifuddin Amin - Dean of Muhammadiyah College in Singapore, Dr. Ibrahim Tehi - Head of the Arabic Language Department at Patani University in Thailand, and Prof. Saeed Ahmed Abdel Alim - Director of Al-Rahma Educational Complex in Cambodia, and Dr. Adel Al-Sheikh, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arabic Language at Sultan Sharif Ali University in Brunei, and Dr. Muhammad Nazir Ebel - Vice Chancellor for Educational Affairs at the University of Cotabato in the Philippines.