The opening ceremony on Sunday evening saw speeches by Dr. Saeed Al-Omar, vice president of branches affairs; Dr. Maha Baker, dean of the College of Arts, and Dr. Omaimah Mughrabi, chairperson of the Department of English Language and secretary-general of the symposium. The symposium sponsors as well as the keynote speakers were honored. The forum hosted poetess Aida Al-Juhani as a guest of honor.The symposium aims to deliver a critical inquiry into the interconnections and contradictions of ecology and contemporary literature, language and theory. The topic areas analyze works from different historical periods in the context of 21st century issues of environmental influences.“Our symposium this time is international in nature because of participants from different parts of the world,” said Dr. Sabah Al-Aisawi, the symposium’s media chairperson.More than 35 participants will present their papers covering a wide range of topics, including ecocriticism, ecofeminism, ecoliterature, ecopoetics, ecolinguistics, translation, and other related topics in As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyah, psychology and history.Papers are presented over a number of sessions both in English and Arabic for the first time.