President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has urged to make children and youth to be interested in the local language.

In a series of tweets, the President said that there is a need to increase the number of works focusing on the local language in order to preserve the cultural heritage of the Maldives and revive the language.

"Greetings and best wishes to the writers of the country on Dhivehi Writers' Day. In order to preserve the indigenous heritage and revive the language, we urge you to increase the literature of the local language and attract children and youth to the language," he said.

Since it was the first time a magazine was published in the Maldives by printing, July 8 is celebrated every year as Dhivehi Writers' Day.

The first issue of the magazine, titled Al-Islah, was published on July 8, 1933, as part of the freedom enjoyed by the country's first constitution, which came into effect on December 22, 1932.

Prior to that, there was no such freedom of press or freedom of writing in the Maldives. Therefore, it was decided that the press began in the Maldives in the true sense then. Writers' Day was first celebrated in the Maldives on July 8, 1993.