Germany donates books to Sana’a University [Archives:2006/943/Local News]

SANA'A, 30 April ) the History Department of Sana'a University received, On Sunday, 30th April, the German Embassy's Cultural Attache Hendrik Selle, accompanied by the representative of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Mrs. Judith Zepter and her assistant Mr. Rafael Sanchez

The visit was an appropriate occasion for the guests to hand over a selection of state-of-the-art scientific books on modern history, which had been donated by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Dr. Mohammed Yusr, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, and Dr. Mahmood Qasim, professor of history, expressed their gratitude for this kind of support as a visible sign of the close cooperation between Yemen and Germany in the field of cultural and academic issues.

Mr. Selle underlined that it is not enough to provide students with much-needed facilities such as literature or computers, but that it is equally important to teach and encourage them to make independent use of these facilities. Moreover, he expressed his hope to strengthen the already existing contacts in the academic field, emphasizing the

important role Yemeni alumni of German universities, numbering over 3,000, and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) can play in that regard.

This organization, which is financed by the German government, offers each year a number of scholarships for highly qualified Yemeni graduates and young scientists who are aiming to obtain further qualification in Germany, Jordan or Egypt. At Sana'a University's German Department, the DAAD is represented by the lecturer Mrs. Judith Zepter, who will be succeeded this summer by a new lecturer, after having taught German language there for four years with great success and appreciation

by her students.

The DAAD is planning to expand its activities in Adenwith the establishment of a new lectureship of German at Aden University later this year.
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