Yemen participates in Khartoum culture year [Archives:2005/907/Local News]

KHARTOUM, Dec. 27 ) A number of Yemeni cultural events took place this week in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, marking Yemen's participation in the city's 2005 Arab Culture Capital activities. Events commenced with the opening of a variety of galleries and exhibitions for plastic arts, books and traditional heritage, including pieces representing a wide range of creativity across generations of Yemeni culture.

Approximately 50 Yemeni intellectuals, artists and thinkers took part in the event, portraying Yemen's cultural landscape in miniature. Among the personalities were Minister of Culture and Tourism Khaled Al-Rowaishan, Deputy Minister of Culture Hisham Ali bin Ali and poet Ismail Al-Warith. Also included were Dr. Nizar Ghanem, Cultural Advisor at the Yemeni Embassy in Khartoum, and singers Mohammed Atroosh and Omar Ba Wazir.

Yemeni culture week in Khartoum also featured poetic recitals by Izzi Maswa'I, Abdul-Rahman Ibrahim and Al-Harith ibn Al-Fadhl. Additionally, several cultural, intellectual and historical lectures were given by Yemeni participants Hisham Ali bin Ali and Dr. Nizar Ghanem on Yemeni-Sudanese relationships and Yemeni modern literature.

Last year, Yemen hosted Arab Culture Capital activities, which extend 12 months and exhibit the richness and diversity of Arab culture from the Arab Gulf to the Atlantic Ocean.
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