UII IPC Student Triumphs at SAHARA 2025 After Back-to-Back Arabic Speech Wins

One of the students of the International Program Communication (IPC) UII had achieved consecutive successes in Arabic Speech in the last two months. He is Arif Ardiansyah from the 2025 batch, who most recently won first place in Arabic Speech at the “Semarak Apresiasi Khazanah Arab” competition or SEMARAK 2025.

This national competition was held on 9 December 2025 at UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung. Last November, Arif was the First Runner-Up in the Southeast Asian Arabic Public Speech competition, Khitobah Al Arabiyah, held at UIN Malang.

Winning first place this time was a precious moment. Arif said he learned a lot from the previous competition. He evaluated his previous performance and improved it for the SAHARA 2025 competition.

“I evaluated my shortcomings from the previous Arabic speech competition in Malang, where I won 1st Runner-Up at the Southeast Asian level with a score of 188 (only 2 points different from 3rd place). This experience motivated me to practice harder, build confidence when performing, and have a strong mindset to be a champion,” he said.

With little time to spare, he prepared briefly and even wrote his speech text just three days before the competition. Nevertheless, he tried his best. “The main challenge was the short preparation time. The speech text was only finished and collected on 5th December, while the competition was held on 9th December. The remaining three days included travelling from Yogyakarta to Bandung by train,” he added.

For him, being a student is a valuable and challenging journey. Not wanting to waste opportunities, Arif admitted that he always tried his best and evaluated himself to achieve maximum results.

“True victory is not the end of the journey, but the fruit of honest self-evaluation and tireless hard work. Keep learning from every experience, because that is where the key to sustainable success lies,” he said.

This achievement is certainly a source of pride for the Department of Communications Science and an inspiration for students to pursue their dreams and achieve excellence.