Exhibition of ancient manuscripts and periodicals issued in expatriate countries

Damascus (ST): Al-Assad National Library has chosen to dedicate its exhibition which it holds within the celebration of Syrian Culture Days  to ancient manuscripts and periodicals issued in expatriate countries, with the aim of promoting the library’s contents of documents, manuscripts, magazines, periodicals and rare newspapers.

The exhibition is divided into two parts, the first relates to rare manuscripts, and the second relates to old periodicals and newspapers from the Assad Library from expatriate countries, some of which date back more than 150 years, including the most important names of Islamic literature.

The Minister of Culture, Dr. Lubana Mushawah, pointed out in a statement to reporters that today’s exhibition represents a bright heritage face that many do not know, including rare and very valuable manuscripts that have specific privacy, as they contain margins, each margin of the manuscript chronicling its ownership and vision of the era to which its reader and owner belong indicating that each manuscript includes many poems, phrases and gossip that give us an idea of the intellectual approach at that time, social customs and the philosophical way of approaching life.

Dr. Mashouh explained that the other part of the exhibition includes Arab periodicals that were printed and published in expatriate countries, and Al-Assad Library was able, through many efforts and with the participation of activities from expatriate countries and the Ministry of Culture, to collect them with the aim of introducing the life of the Syrian community abroad previously, its way of thinking, living and adhering to its standard Arabic language.

K.Q.