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Minister of Information, Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Chairman of the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters, Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Al- Humoud Al-Sabah has affirmed that the national relevant authorities are preparing for distinguished celebrations for the occasion, Kuwait Capital of Islamic Culture in 2016, arabtimesonline.com / Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported.
Emerging from a meeting of the steering committee, held on Friday, Sheikh Salman said the concerned authorities would seek to transmit several messages to the world; Kuwait’s particular interest in culture and its advocacy of Islam as a religion of tolerance. He expressed deep gratitude to His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al- Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah for patronizing the cultural event.
The Premier is also president of the organizing commission. Awork plan prepared by the cultural council was examined at the meeting, he said, indicating that it deals with organization of seminars and various other activities during the event schedule. “The discussions dealt with the outlook to promote the humanitarian and philanthropic activities, Kuwait is renowned of, as well as involving the youth in the event activities in addition to marketing the Kuwaiti tourism culture,” he said.
The discussions during the meeting also touched on the planned inauguration of the two cultural centers, Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Center and Abdullah Al-Salem Cultural Center, in 2016, “that is in addition to selecting some landmarks to be enlisted in the record of the global heritage sites such as Failaka island, Kuwait Towers and Abdullah Al-Jaber Cultural Center,” the minister added.
He affirmed that the participants in the meeting agreed on the necessity of marketing the event locally and abroad, with a sound and well-pondered media strategy.
Read more at www.arabtimesonline.com/news/event-celebrates-kuwait-as-capital-of-islamic-culture
Sources: www.arabtimesonline.com, www.kuna.net.kw
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