In brief [Archives:2008/1123/Local News]

SANA'A

– Caricature exhibition

Eleven cartoon artists will participate with their drawings in a weeks exhibition at the Culture House in Sana'a starting today. Around 110 different caricature depicting political, social, and culture issues. The cartoonists belong to print media as well as freelancers.

The exhibition is a result of a training that was conducted by the Yemeni Association for Culture and Arts in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture in computer designing and technical issues of drawing cartoons.

– National Museum receives four historical pieces

Mareb governor presented the Yemeni National Museum with four historical pieces dating back to the pre-Islamic ear in Yemen. The pieces were delivered to the governor by one of the citizens in Mareb. The pieces are being documented in the museum now and will be displayed soon.

Mareb security explained that there are over 14 thousand pieces still in the governorate's stores waiting to be released to a national museum to be constructed by the Germans in the governorate.

– Program for protecting archaeological sites to be launched

Culture Ministry is currently working to prepare a plan aims at raising the awareness of society in the protection of archaeological sites.

Minister of Culture Muhammad Abu Bakr al-Maflahi confirmed that the ministry would make serious efforts in the field of protecting archaeological sites from tampering and looting.

Speaking to Saba, al-Maflahi noted also that the protection of the archaeological sites is responsibility of the official bodies and citizens.

ADEN

– Yemeni media history exhibition concludes

An exhibition on the history of media was organized at Aden University in coordination with Al-Adhwa, AL-Thawra, and 14 Oct papers over three days. The exhibition included four sections: print media, photography, governorates, and Aden University sections. The exhibition depicted the role of media in independence and advocating for the Yemeni unity.

– 10 million dollars worth stamp burned

A Yemeni stamps collector has realized that in his rage against media in Norway and Sweden that had republished the Danish cartoons; he had burned stamps worth millions of dollars. Salem Nasir from Aden had burned more than five thousand stamps issued in Norway and Sweden of which is the Treskilling Yellow Swedish stamp. The “Treskilling”” Yellow is a misprint from Sweden from the year 1857; the 3 skilling in its original colour was green