President Ben Ali announces set of measures in sector of culture, proclaims 2010 as “Year of the Cinema”
TUNISIAONLINENEWS- In an address given on the occasion of Tunisia’s National Cultural Day, concomitantly with the closing of the programs of celebration of Kairouan: “Capital of Islamic Culture” for 2009, and with the commemoration on Friday of the “Mouled” (Prophet’s birthday), President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali announced a set of important measures in the sector of culture.
The measures which involve among others, the restoration and maintenance of all archeological and historical monuments in the city of Kairouan, the proclamation of 2010 as the “Year of the Cinema” and the promotion of reading and of the book in Tunisia, also include the upgrading of the book industry “to adapt it to modern technological progress in terms of digital printing”.
The program which will be spearheaded by the Ministry of Culture and Heritage Preservation, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Communication aims at “heightening interest in reading within the school curricula and to develop the reading habit among all Tunisians”, will also encourage public and private institutions to allocate prizes in this field.
Other measures involve the conversion of the “Tunisian Music Festival” into the “Carthage Musical Days” and the proclamation of 2010 as the centennial year of the musician Mohamed Jamoussi, the poet Mustapha Khraief and the painter Aly Ben Salem.
President Ben Ali also called for setting up a national plan for ensuring the rehabilitation of museums and archeological sites, revising the “Heritage Code” and protecting and restoring Tunisia’s national manuscript heritage.
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