The Anna Lindh Foundation has published a new copyright handbook for illustrators and writers in Lebanon, in the framework of its Children’s Literature Regional Programme.
Two of the region’s leading supporters of civil society in North Africa and Middle East, the Anna Lindh Foundation and the Foundation for the Future, have joint efforts in support of civil society involvement in intercultural dialogue and the achievement of good governance.
The President of Foundation for the Future, Nabila Hamza, and the Executive Director of the Anna Lindh Foundation, Andreu Claret, signed today, in Alexandria (Egypt), a Memorandum of Understanding which constitutes a framework for common actions in favour of ‘an empowered, active and vibrant civil society in the region’.
Read more on the ALF website
The Anna Lindh Foundation has presented to the Deutsche Schule der Borromaeerinnen the ‘Golden Dove of Peace’, an international symbol of peace created for the 60th anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights.
The life-size, gold-coloured sculpture is one of thirty identical doves which represent individually one of the 30 articles of the Human Rights and are now passing across the world from person to person and from institute to institute.
More information is available on the ALF Website.
Saturday June 20th (midnight Egyptian time) will be the deadline to apply for a grant in the framework of the Restore Trust, Rebuild Bridges Initiative.
You can get involved by logging on to: http://euromedalex.org/restoretrust
The actions, granted in the framework of the Initiative will have to take place between July 1 and September 21, 2009, culminating in a regional event around the International Day of Peace, where the initial outcomes of the Initiative will be presented.
More information on the project is available here.
André Azoulay, President of the Anna Lindh Foundation, seals the collaboration of the Principality of Monaco to play host for the next three years to the international ceremony of the Mediterranean Journalist Award.
H.S.H Prince Albert II announces his participation in the forthcoming ceremony which will bring together the best journalists in the Union for the Mediterranean and include a special recognition for conflict reporting in the aftermath of Gaza.
The latest edition of the Mediterranean Journalist Award was officially launched in Istanbul in April, with this year’s competition open until 15th July 2009 to practising journalists based in one of the forty-three countries of the Union for the Mediterranean.
The 2009 international award ceremony will take place at the start of November in Monaco, and will include prizes for printed press, television, radio and online blogs, as well as the special recognition for conflict reporting.
Read more here
The Anna Lindh Foundation and its efforts to promote reading among children in Lebanon is the focus of the latest in the series of articles on EU-Mediterranean cooperation published by the EuropeAid-funded ‘Eurojar’ project in the Lebanese daily L’Orient Le Jour.
The Anna Lindh Foundation is to present its new teaching manual on ‘How to cope with diversity at school: teaching and learning about religious diversity’ at an International Conference on Dialogue among Civilizations and Cultural Diversity in Tunisia on 2-4 June, underlining the importance of such a resource in promoting a better understanding of religious diversity and acceptance of the ‘Other’.
The Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF) and Institut Europeu de la Mediterrània (IEMed) have the pleasure to announce the launch of the Second Edition of the Sea of Words Literary Competition.
We encourage the production of short stories that portray the different realities of the Euro-Mediterranean region from the point of view of the young people who live there, through the organisation of a Euro-Med short story competition.
This year, the theme is restoring trust, dialogue and reconciliation in situations of crisis and conflicts in line with the objectives of the Restore Trust, Rebuild Bridges Initiative launched by the Anna Lindh Foundation in collaboration with the Alliance of Civilizations.
Applicants must be under 30 years of age and residents in one of the forty three countries of the Union for the Mediterranean , and write in one of the languages of the countries of the Union for the Mediterranean .
The short-stories should be submitted by e-mail before midnight (Spain Local Time) 20 June 2009.
For more information please visit the competition website. For further queries, please write to: concurso(AT)iemed.org
In July Colchester will be seeing the first MUJU festival, celebrating Muslim and Jewish music, song and dance – traditional, contemporary and devotional.
Mother and daughter team Madeline and Daisy Lees (Arts La’Olam) are producing the event which endeavors to show that, despite current tensions, Islamic and Jewish cultures have much in common historically and artistically, and share a musical heritage which is as diverse as the people. Included in this festival are some of those musical genres which continue to develop, crossing boundaries and transcending difference.
All the artists have a strong willingness to work together, and some of the bands have both Muslim and Jewish musicians and work collaboratively. The Festival is promoted as one that respects and celebrates the two cultures and faiths and is focused on bringing alive the traditions of both.
Profits will go to Medicins Sans Frontieres for their work in the Palestinian Territories.
If you’re interested to join and would like more information/bookings for the event, please contact Madeleine Lees: madeline(AT)fair-green.net
From the Source is an interactive multi-media platform for water issues in the Middle East that seeks to put a human face on the region’s rapidly worsening water problems and thus create a new awareness of the value of water among users in the region and beyond. The platform serves as a vehicle for intercultural dialogue and to foster interactive debate on a commonly shared problem in the Middle East; the water crisis. It aims to contribute to an environment of peaceful cooperation and intercultural dialogue. It involves media producers both in the Middle East and Europe who will enter into a dialogue and cooperation facilitated by “From the Source”.
This is an long-term application for the 1st phase of “From the Source” focusing on the countries that share the Jordan river: Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine and Israel. After the 1st phase, the programme will enlarge its countries base and include water issues beyond the Jordan river basin.
The beneficiaries will be young local established and non-established media producers, reporters and filmmakers between 16-40 yrs old in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine and Israel. The aim is to create understanding of each other’s shared water problems. It will also involve young media producers from the Netherlands and the UK and put them in a dialogue with their peers in the five target countries in the Middle East.
If you’d like more information, please contact Mrs. Joshka Wessels (the initiator of ‘From the Source’) on: info(AT)sapiensproductions.com
The Jordan Youth Innovation Programme (JYIF) is currently searching for Long Term Project partners. The group is an active national youth volunteer group in Jordan.
Their Target group is all JORDANIAN Youth, age between (15-32) male/female with larger focus on Gender balance and inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities, leaders and pioneering youth initiators. The group is covering land of Jordan and providing easy access for intercultural activities.
If you would like further information on JYIF and their upcoming projects, please contact Project Manager, Emad alFugaha: office(AT)jyif.org
The Civitas Institute are currently looking for a partner in a long term project, specialised in the English Language .
They have a partnership with MAAT Center for Legal and Constitutional Studies from Egypt, and Ideaz Institute for intercultural and comparative research from Austria.
The Civitas Institute run a long term project in capacity building for NGO’s administrators in Gaza. This is through a long term capacity building programme through SIDA fund in partnership with Broderskap International and cooperation of the Palme Center from Sweden.
Civitas Institute look for developing the capacities of their target beneficiaries through the proposed project that assumed to be carrying a comparative study between 4 countries titled: “The Role of Civil Society in improving the public institutions’ practices of Demcracy” or “The gap between the theoretical context and practical practices… A comparative study between Palestine, Egypt, Austria, and U.K.”
If you’d like more information and/or are interested to join, please contact (Director General) Maher Issa: maher(AT)civitas.ps
Community Advocacy and the Jordanian National Red Crescent Society are interested in building a joint project through their Storefront Advocacy Centers in Amman, Jordan and in Lod, Israel. These centers work in disadvantaged mixed neighborhoods where individuals are disenfranchised and unaware of their social rights and entitlements.
The project will be located in new centers which are currently being established by both organisations, modelled on their existing advocacy centers. The new center in Lod serves a neighborhood in which 70% of the residents are Palestinian Israelis. The new center in Amman will serve a neighborhood consisting of Palestinians and Iraqi émigrés.
The project will begin in September 2009 and continue for two years.
If you’d like more information and are interested to join, please contact Curt Arnson: development(AT)advocacy.org.il no later that Thursday 21st May.
General objectives:
Agenda of the event:
November –December 2009: composition of the actors’ group in Egypt and France
January 2010 – June 2010: rehearsals in Egypt
July 2010: rehearsals and showing of a stage of the work in France
October – November 2010: Creation, performances and meetings in Egypt
December 2010; performances and meetings in the Near East (Lebanon, Syria, Jordan).
January – July 2011: performances and meetings in Europe
Deadline for applications: 25th May 2009.
If you are interested and would like more information on the Long Term Poject Call, please contact Association Corpus, Maïa Kanaan/Emma Cardonne at; corpus.asso(AT)free.fr
Visiting Arts is submitting a proposal to the Anna Lind Foundation under its call for Long Term Programmes. They are looking for arts organisations from the Euromed region to partner us for the proposal.
Visiting Arts is piloting a project called 1Mile2 in 2009. This is an innovative global arts project that enhances the traditional artist residency, engaging people in an investigation of their attitudes to their neighbours, their communities and their environment. It links communities across the world in an on-line art work and dialogue to help break down negative stereotypes and, by working on a series of problems in common, devising new ways of working together to solve them.
If you would like to know more, please contact Will White at: will.white(AT)visitingarts.org.uk
The association Atelier Culture of Malta is currently search for a partner for a long term project: “Women in the creative industries: entrepreneurship and diversity in the Euro Med region.”
Objectives:
If you’re interested and would like to find out more, please go to: http://www.atelierculture.com/ and/or contact: info(AT)atelierculture.com
The project aims to raise awareness of young generation on development issues by providing it with knowledge and skills necessary to contribute to development processes in the world.
Project partners are going to work with youth leaders from various in-country organizations in order to work on sound leaders programme for chosen topics in partner countries, to prepare trainers- multipliers, to encourage youth to develop educational, awareness raising projects, to select the best ones and use them for social advertisement in mass media.
In order to organize all those activities by themselves, young leaders first will learn about development education and will be taught by external, experienced experts in the field.
Youth projects, leaders programme as well as external experts methodical materials will be used as resource materials long after the project ends.
To find out more, please contact Daiva Penkauskiene at: daiva.penkauskiene(AT)sdcentras.lt
The Greek Council for Refugees is conducting a long-term (2 year; 2009-2011) project: “Food as culture. A tool for teaching diversity and understanding of social, cultural and religious complexity”
The Anthropology of Food is an analysis of food in culture. What we consume, how we acquire it, who prepares it, who’s at the table, and who eats first is a form of communication that is rich with meaning. While the primary purpose of food is nutrition, it also has a cultural dimension.who might be interested to join us in this initiative.
The proposed project explores the role of food in Mediterranean cultural and religious practice, as an important part of showing respect and responding to the needs of people from a range of religious communities.
If you are interested in joining this initivative please contact the programme manager at: prog.manager(AT)gcr.gr
The Project’s name implies its basic goal – deconstructing the patriarchal and male-centred discourse within the Mediterranean ( The Odyssey as that discourse’s prototype), and promoting a feminine plural discourse on Mediterranean.
The goal’s are as follows: To strengthen women’s cultural identities – feminine letter in Euro-Mediterranean countries (researching, linking up, joint publishing project, translating); and in that way, by promoting possible feminine discourse in the Mediterranean, to re-construct the idea of the Mediterranean as a place for connecting and meeting diversities.
Penelopia – Feminine Letter from Mediterranean is long-term project which would take some 17 months. It consists of a series of activities aimed at connecting and cooperating between women writers from the Mediterranean coastal countries (Europe and South East Mediterranean), and at promoting Mediterranean multicultural identity.
Five partner organizations from Europe and South-East Mediterranean would join in the project realization, but its final goal is for as many as possible partner organizations from Mediterranean region to be included in Penelopeia network after the project completion.
To find out more, please contact Executive Director Natasha Nelevic on: nova-fkc(AT)t-com.me
Kehys ry – The Finnish NGDO Platform to the EU and TAPRI, the Head of Finnish National ALF Network are preparing a common long term project proposal (2009-2011) with the title “Facilitating Political Dialogue in the Baltico-Mediterranean Axis”.
Union for the Mediterranean, established in 2008 for revitalising the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, and the Baltic Sea Region Strategy, which will be presented in June 2009, are good examples of regional strategies having major influence for whole European and Mediterranean cultural and political environment.
If you would like more information and/or are considering applying, please contact Tuomo Melasuo before the 18th May on: tuomo.melasuo(AT)uta.fi
Povezave/Connection (Project of Active Cultural Linking) is currently seeking a partner active in the field of organising art exhibitions and events to be a host for an already existing exhibition.
The set up of the Exhibition requires area of 50 to 150 square meters for a time period of only three up to seven days. It is simple yet effective. To view their previous production please see the link on their web site www.galeriart.net for now available only in the Slovenian language. For more about authors and exhibition itself please click connection.
Artists show the boundlessness of one’s ideas in the POVEZAVE / CONNECTION project that mirrors the pulse of present reality and delivers our message to everybody. Exhibition gathers many original artistic works interesting to broader public. All styles and techniques are accepted and presented in the frames of a group exhibition.
The Exhibition delivers the experience of meeting a variety of cultural backgrounds promoting Civil dialogue in the name of 147 artists from 26 countries. It exposes and reflects the Authors broader Identity, promoting the dialogue among citizens about differences, communicates values and motivates “The international Civil Dialogue”.
For further information, please email: info.ds3p(AT)gmail.com
Ma’agalei Daa’t (Circles of Knowledge) is a programme conducted by a member of the ALF at two universities: Bar Ilan University and Ben Gurion University.
The project uses texts from Jewish religious literature to attempt to relate to the issues involved in relations between Israelis and Palestinians. In the programme, teachers from this religious community are trained to present the challenges of these issues in their classrooms. Another document is attached describing the kind of partnership that the programme seeks.
The Organisations/institutions appropriate for Partnership are as follows:
If you are interested, please contact the head of the project Yohanan Tzoreff: tzury4(AT)gmail.com
The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute are currently looking for a partner for an ALF long term project.
The project is conducted with the Israel Association for Immigrant Children. It will be based on Immigrant women and Human Rights abuses, education and democratic values, dialogue and changes of perception, and building a network of organisations involving these issues.
If you are interested, please contact Dan Wollner at: danwoll (AT) smile.net.il
The Long Term Project Deadline is: May 30th 2009
The Anna Lindh Foundation has the pleasure to announce the launch of the Restore Trust, Rebuild Bridges Initiative with a total budget of 330,000 EURO.
The Initiative includes TWO Calls for co-organized local and regional actions in the fields of culture of peace and co-existence and taking place between July 1 and September 21, 2009.
On September 21, which marks the International Day of Peace, the Anna Lindh Foundation will hold a visibility action to present the results of the Initiative.
Participate now and join the Initiative. For more information, please go to www.euromedalex.org/restoretrust
Deadline for applications to the Calls for co-organized local and regional actions is June 20, 2009.
CulturePolis-International Cultural Partnership Forum (former Europe of Cultures Forum: Adriatic-Ionian Chapter), intend to submit a project proposal under Long Term projects entitled “Euro-Med Cultural Antennas Network”.
CulturePolis-International Cultural Partnership Forum co-organised in 2008 the “1st Adriatic-Ionian Intercultural Dialogue “conference, Corfu 27-28 June 2008, where many of ALF members have participated.
For more info about CulturePolis and its networks please visit our website : culturepolis.org and in particular on Cultural Antennas: http://culturepolis.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=10&Itemid=35
They are seeking ONE organisation per country for ALL eleigible countries – preferably a ALF network member, or more than ONE per country if located in different regions/cities. Selected organisations will be called to play the role of coordinators for establishing new cultural antennas in their regions/countries on the basis of the existing Cultural Antennas Network of CulturePolis and its recently launched “Get Culturally …Connected” internet besed collaboration platform (press “Get Culturally …Connected” on culturepolis.org).
Interested? Please send an email to secretariat@culturepolis.org with an organisation profile in English NO LATER than 5 May 2009.
The following project proposal is by a research group at The Van Leer Jerusalem Institue. It is addressing environmental issues in cooperation among Israelis and Palestinians.
A Joint Israeli-Palestinian Study Group on Environment and Regional Sustainability has started working together at the beginning of 2008 under the auspices of the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute and the Palestinian House for Professional Solutions (HPS), Ramallah. This group of young professional environmentalists was formed to discuss cross-border regional issues of environment and sustainability and initiate ideas for joint cooperation. The significance of a joint group of this nature is two-fold: it brings together young, active, and involved Israelis and Palestinians to communicate and study a topic of clear interest to both sides, and it aims to place the importance of cooperation on issues of regional environment and sustainability on each side’s national agenda.
Summary: The two partner organizations believe that the environment is a joint concern of all people live in the country and should be dealt with in a cross-border equal manner. We also believe that cooperation around these issues can overcome disputes and hatred and build bridges of trust between the two sides.
Thus, environmental peace-building is the ultimate goal of this project.
If you are interested or would like further information on this project, contact (project initiators) Dr. Sarah Ozacky-Lazar and Ms. Shahar Sadeh at: shahars@vanleer.org.il or Dan Wollner at, danwoll@smile.net.il
The Deadline for Submission of Proposals: 30th April 2009
To apply using the online application, go to: http://www.euromedalex.org/grants/call/short-term
To view the Guidelines, go to: http://www.euromedalex.org/grants/call/guidelines
Good luck with your applications!
Proposal for Artistic Collaboration – Dance of the Sacraments
The “Dance of the Sacraments” is a project designed and created in order to promote diversity and inter-cultural dialogue. Through classical ballet and combining dance, music and fine arts the “Dance of the Sacraments” presents the birth, development and modern expression of the three monotheistic religions. The sacraments of Islam, Judaism and Christianity dance and celebrate world spirituality while promoting inter-cultural dialogue. It is a 75-minute long classical ballet, created in collaboration with the religious leaders of Islam, Christianity and Judaism and supported by national embassies in Greece.
The “Dance of the Sacraments” features an original musical composition and includes an intercultural core of professional dancers who will be joined by youth dancers recruited from the Muslim, Christian and Jewish communities included on the tour. Following its debut in Athens the “Dance of the Sacraments” will tour Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.Greece. The production time of the “Dance of the Sacraments” is six months.
For more information on the event/If you would like to become a potential partner, please contact:
Magda Roussi (M.A.),
E-Mail: mroussidemo@unipi.gr
International dialogue forum involving UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon kicks off with unveiling of the Anna Lindh Foundation’s regional media prize. On the opening morning of the United Nations Alliance of Civilisations Forum, the world’s premier event and gathering for intercultural dialogue, the 2009 edition of the Mediterranean Journalist Award was officially launched.For more detailed informatio, go to: http://www.euromedalex.org/news/mediterranean-journalist-award-launched-during-un-alliance-civilizations-forum
The Award theme for 2009 is Intercultural dialogue for Peace and Coexistence
Deadline for nomination: May 31 2009
Information and applications: www.euromedalex.org
A joint rapid response framework to serve the needs of journalists working across the Mediterranean region will be launched in Istanbul on 6 April at the Alliance of Civilizations Forum. The joint initiative will provide user-friendly access to information and expertise in the context of crises with cultural dimensions as well as a support mechanism to bring together international journalists, editor and relevant experts for media dialogue.
The mechanism is being launched by the Anna Lindh Foundation, the European Commission and the UN Alliance of Civilizations. In addition, the three organizations will announce the launch of the Mediterranean Journalist Award 2009 and the presentation of their joint work in the field of media.
This event will be part of the Alliance of Civilizations Forum, hosted by the Government of Turkey. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey, President of the Government of Spain José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and President Jorge Sampaio, High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations will open the Forum. Heads of Government and over 50 Ministers will participate in the event. The President of the United States, Barack Obama, is expected to be present on the second day of the Forum.
A powerful network of opinion leaders, heads of international organizations, corporations, media, foundations, civil society, religious groups and youth will convene at the Istanbul Forum. The event will also provide new opportunities for policy-makers, funders and grassroots organizations to work together to develop practical projects.
Fr more detailed information on this events, go to: http://www.euromedalex.org/news/launch-joint-rapid-response-media-mechanism
A one-day conference on ‘Europe and Progressive Islamist Movements: Perceptions of Democratisation in the Middle East’ was held at the University of Birmingham, UK on Friday, 6 March, 2009.
This ESRC project focuses on Egypt and Palestine, two cases from the Middle East which have experienced recent controversial elections and which challenge the EU’s rhetoric on democracy promotion. These two cases offer a huge amount of unexplored data on which this project will draw.
Paradoxes and Contradictions in EU Democracy Promotion Efforts in the Middle East is a three year Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded research project that has been awarded to Dr Michelle Pace, a UK network member of the Anna Lindh Foundation .
The research project came into effect on February 2008 and will run until February 2011. It is under the auspices of the Political Science & International Studies (POLSIS) Department.
To view the British Academy Final Conference Report, go to: http://www.eumena.bham.ac.uk/conferences.shtml
One way in which the Anna Lindh Foundation fulfills its mission is by providing grants to civil society organisations, through an annual Call for Proposals to select the best initiatives for intercultural dialogue. The Call is focused on thematic issues in line with each year’s priorities.
For information on guidelines and applications (for short and long term projects), go to: http://www.euromedalex.org/grants/call
An article about the ALF network meeting, held at the University of Westminister, 16th February 2009 is available to view on the Visiting Arts web-page.
Titled: ‘Anna Lindh Foundation-Gaza Initiative’, the article summarises the day’s events.
To view go to: http://tinyurl.com/b3ozzz
London: 18-27 March 2009
The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival has carved a niche in the busy London film festival calendar as the place to see socially and politically engaged documentary and feature films from across the globe and to meet the filmmakers.
From March 18-27 the respected and popular Human Rights Watch International Film Festival returns for its 13th year in London with nine days of screenings and discussions focusing on some of the most pressing stories of our times.
Out of the many films screened at the upcoming International Film Festival, the following screenings are directly related to the Anna Lindh Foundation’s Thematic areas:
Eden is West: Location: The Ritzy, Brixton Oval,London
Laila’s Birthday: Location-The Ritzy, Brixton Oval, London
Look into my eyes : Location: ICA, The Mall, London
For further information (i.e film reviews, date and time of viewing) on the 13th International Film Festival, go to: http://www.hrw.org/en/iff/london
Convening in London, the Anna Lindh Foundation’s Advisory Council warn of the impact of the Gaza war and the economic crisis on civil society in the Euro-Mediterranean space, and endorse a programme of action aimed at restoring trust and rebuilding bridges in the region.
To read more on the event, go to: http://tinyurl.com/cgoyrc
Media practitioners gathered in London to discuss “conflict reporting and media perspectives” after Gaza.
For the first time since the war in Gaza, more than a hundred journalists, academics and experts from Europe and the Middle East met in London to discuss how the media reported on this war, and to assess the impact on public opinion in Europe and the Arab-Muslim world.
The forum was organized by the Anna Lindh Foundation in partnership with the European Commission, the Arab Media Center (University of Westminster), the Foreign Press Association, Chatham House and the Alliance of Civilizations (UN), to discuss the intensification of polarized perceptions after the conflict and analyzed the different, even contradictory, approaches in media reporting.
To read more, go to: http://tinyurl.com/avycoe
The Delegation of the European Commission in Egypt has launched the annual call for proposals for cultural activities in Egypt. A total of € 250.000 will be awarded to projects that promote the dialogue and exchange between cultures, the mutual understanding and the visibility of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership.
All information is available on the following internet sites:
EC Delegation’s web-site: www.delegy.ec.europa.eu
EuropeAid’s web-site: http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/funding/index_en.htm
The Guidelines for Applicants are available for consultation at:
Delegation of the European Commission in Egypt
37, Gamaet El Dowal El Arabeya St.
El Fouad Office Bldg., 11th floor (Documentation Centre)
Mohandessin, Giza (Cairo)
The reference for the call is: EuropeAid/128030/L/ACT/EG
The deadline for submission of proposals is Wednesday 1 April at 12:00h (Cairo time).
An information session of this call for proposals will be held on Wednesday 4 March at 12:00h at the Delegation of the European Commission in Egypt.
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Shourouk Publishing House دار الشروق Egypt مصر |
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مناظر مصرية
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Shourouk Publishing House دار الشروق، Egypt مصر |
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مشمش
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ASALA Publishers دار أصالة للنشر والتوزيع Lebanon لبنان |
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في مدينتي حرب
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ASALA Publishers دار أصالة Lebanon لبنان
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تحت السرير
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Dar Adab Publishing House دار الآداب للنشر و التوزيع Lebanon لبنان |
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حسن في كل مكان
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Qattan Foundation مؤسسة عبد المحسن قطان Palestine فلسطين |
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ماذا ترى |
Child world promotion مؤسسة تنمية عالم الطفل Jordan الأردن |
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احك لي- الزليج
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Yanbow El Kitab ينبع الكتاب Morocco المغرب |
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جنان ذات الجوارب الطويلة
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Dar Al Muna دار المنى Sweden السويد |
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Dar Al Muna دار المنى Sweden السويد |
Selected among one hundred other books, the Anna Lindh Foundation announces today the Honour list including the best ten Arabic children’s books, to be rewarded at the Cairo International Book Fair. The reward is part of the Foundation’s activity “100 Books Exhibition”, organised in the framework of its Programme for Children Literature, an activity which intended to circulate 100 Arabic children’s books between Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria, and where books were displayed to the public in order to see and handle quality books from diversified origin.
The honour list announcement was done in the presence of authors, publishers and illustrators of the honoured books; journalists; partners coordinating and leading the activities in the focus countries, as well as the Programme’s management team at the Anna Lindh Foundation.
Among the ten honoured children books, some provided moral lessons related to friendship, honesty, jealousy or respect. Others aimed to promote children’s creativity and self-confidence. The books have been praised by the jury for the simplicity of the language use, the depth of ideas, the originality and quality of illustrations which make Arabic children more enthusiastic about reading.
The selection was made by the Programme’s stakeholders in the five focus countries, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria, who evaluated the 100 books of the exhibition and selected 5 books each, that were then submitted to a jury which decided the honour list including 10 books.
The honoured books will be purchased and distributed to libraries in the focus countries and especially to libraries which are frequented by poor children and girls, the primary target groups of the Programme.
About the Children Literature Regional Programme
In 2006, The Anna Lindh Foundation, launched a three years regional programme to promote children’s literature and reading in five Arab countries, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, which is funded by Sida “Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency “.
The objectives of the programme are to strengthen the intellectual, spiritual, moral, social and emotional development of children in the MENA region. Increase the access and availability of quality children’s literature in the MENA region. Increase the production and use of children’s literature with a human rights perspective, a cultural diversity perspective and the perspective of the child. Furthermore, it aims to increase the dialogue between MENA countries as well as with the EU, in the field of children’s literature and reading promotion.
In the aftermath of the war in Gaza, the Anna Lindh Foundation and Alliance of Civilisations prepare joint region-wide initiative to ‘restore trust and rebuild bridges’ between people across the Mediterranean.
Friday 6th February: the Anna Lindh Foundation and the Alliance of Civilisations jointly issued the conclusions of a Paris Meeting on the ‘consequences of the war in Gaza in relations among and within societies in the euro-mediterranean region’.
The conclusions are the result of the Foundation-Alliance co-organised meeting of 3rd February 2009, held at the Gulbenkian Cultural Centre in Paris, and set out the framework for joint actions aimed at: restoring trust in Euro-Mediterranean dialogue; rebuilding human and cultural bridges among societies; and supporting the consolidation of a wide platform of civil society.
The meeting was co-chaired by President Jorge Sampaio, United Nations High Representative for the Alliance of Civlisations, and Mr André Azoulay, President of the Anna Lindh Foundation, and brought together representatives from a number of important international organizations and bodies.
During the meeting, participants stressed ‘the need to restore trust and rebuild cultural and human bridges as the best way to prevent the aggravation of conflicts, avoid extremism and radicalization fuelded by the instrumentalization of culture and religion’.
For further information and to access a full copy of the conclusions, log on to:
www.euromedalex.org or www.unaoc.org
To view EuroMed Info Centre feature stories on RWEL projects, click: http://www.euromedinfo.eu/site.169.news.en.5202.html
Date: 22 January-5 February
Location: Cairo International Book Fair, Salah Salem Street
Welcome from British Ambassador: Dominic Asquith
Culture and commerce have characterised many of the exchanges between Egypt and Britain over the years. What is rarer is for the two so closely to overlap. The United Kingdom is delighted to have been invited as guest of honour at this year’s Cairo International Book Fair, where the business of publishing will be as much of a feature as the cultural debates between intellectuals, writers, scientists and the reading public. Some of Britain’s top writers – novelists, poets and children’s authors – will be at the fair to take part in events with their Egyptian counterparts. They will be joined by scientists, musicians and actors to complete a programme of cultural events, managed by the British Council, which we hope will fire everyone’s imagination.
Culture and trade also came together at last year’s London Book Fair. On that occasion many of the leading writers and publishers from the Arab World met their British counterparts – some for the first time and some continuing longstanding relationships – and got down to business. A large number of the delegation was from Egypt so the Cairo International Book Fair is a wonderful chance to renew these friendships and make the most of the opportunities offered by the one of the biggest cultural festivals in the world. A delegation of UK publishers – led by The London Book Fair, The Publishers Association and The Independent Publishers’ Guild – eager to learn about Egypt, will be meeting local and regional publishers and looking for the next Yacoubian Building.
Writers may write and publisher may publish, but both activities are pointless unless they find readers. So an important part of our cultural programme will focus on encouraging reading for everyone, whatever their age. A one-day conference will discuss ways of developing reading habits in children that will stay with them their whole lives and fun activities at the book fair itself will put it all into practice.
I hope you will find something to interest you at the fair and that you will visit more than once. Do take some time to visit the UK guest of honour stand and participate in our events. You will find a warm welcome from an old friend.
Click here for more information on the full programme in English and Arabic, with additional information on all the attending speaker’s and their biographies: http://www.britishcouncil.org/egypt-arts-culture-cairo-book-fair.htm
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