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    AlMalik and Zine El Abidine announce the programme of the Conference of Culture Ministers and closing ceremony of Tunis as Capital of Islamic Culture

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    Today at the City of Culture in Tunis, Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), and Dr. Mohamed Zine El Abidine, Tunisian Minister of Cultural Affairs, held a press conference to announce the programme of the 11th Islamic Conference of Culture Ministers and the closing ceremony of the Celebration of Tunis as the Arab region’s Capital of Islamic Culture for 2019.

    At the beginning of the press conference, Dr. AlMalik welcomed the journalists and media professionals, thanked H.E. Dr. Zine El Abidine, and commended the cultural activities held as part the celebration of Tunis as Capital of Islamic Culture for 2019. He also expressed his delight for the cultural activities which were not exclusive to Tunis, but also covered most regions of the Republic of Tunisia, while reaffirming that Tunis has given an exemplary model which is hard to compete by the following capitals of Islamic culture.

    On his part, Dr. Zine El Abidine thanked ISESCO Director General and commended the cooperation between the Ministry and the Organization, particularly in renewing cultural action.

    The Minister also reviewed the most important cultural activities which have been held by the Ministry throughout the year all over Tunisia, standing at 174 thousand activities.

    Besides, Dr. Zine El Abidine stressed that the strong cooperation between the Ministry and ISESCO will continue so as to optimally benefit from it throughout the year 2019, while expressing the pride of his country in taking over the presidency of the Islamic Conference of Culture Ministers for the two coming years.

    The Minister reiterated his welcome to Dr. AlMalik, the Culture Ministers of Muslim countries and the participating delegations in the 11th Islamic Conference of Culture Ministers while wishing every success to this Conference, hosted tomorrow by Tunisia.

    Afterwards, the floor was given over to questions and discussions. Replying to a question on the potentials of digital technology in the field of culture, Dr. AlMalik said “the opportunities and challenges are immense in this context. Unless the Muslim countries benefit from such potentials, they would lag behind; which constitutes a serious and irreparable loss.”

    Dr. AlMalik added that ISESCO has been aware of this issue and sought to benefit Member States from the immense potentials of digital technology, including the project on ‘Digital culture: opportunities and challenges’, which is submitted to the Islamic Conference of Culture Ministers among other items for consideration.

    Responding to a question on the continuity and future of cooperation between the Tunisian Ministry of Cultural Affairs and ISESCO, Dr. Zine El Abidine replied: “this cooperation is strong and ongoing. It will continue and prosper between the two parties, especially after the concrete efforts to restore the vitality of the Organization with the appointment of Dr. AlMalik as Director General without overlooking the efforts of the former director general, Dr. Abdulaziz Altwaijri.”

    Dr. Zine El Abidine also stated that “we believe that citizens are the main and most important target of every cultural activity. Throughout the last three year, we have sought to help citizen appreciate arts, culture and cultural creativity before its practice, and our efforts are still ongoing. ”

    The Minister added that “we are glad of our achievements within this framework. We are looking forward to entrenching cultural diversity. In this regard, we have established Tunis International Center for Digital Cultural Economy and agreed with ISESCO Director General to share this vision, which will be considered tomorrow at the 11th Islamic Conference of Culture Ministers.”

    President of Tunisian of People’s Representatives Assembly receives ISESCO Director General

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    The Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, examined with Dr. Rached Ghannouchi, President of the People’s Representatives Assembly of Tunisia, a number of issues related to ISESCO’s areas of action and the outstanding cooperation of the Republic of Tunisia with ISESCO in organizing many activities, including the 11th Islamic Conference of Culture Ministers and the close of the celebration of Tunis as Islamic Culture Capital for 2019.

    This was part of a reception today by the President of the Assembly to ISESCO Director General and his accompanying delegation at the Assembly’s headquarters, during which Dr. AlMalik expressed ISESCO’s deep gratitude to the President, Government and people of Tunisia for their efforts to ensure the success of the 11th Islamic Conference of Culture Ministers and the celebration of Tunis as Islamic Culture Capital for 2019 during which many important activities and programmes were organized. He also stressed that the enormous efforts made by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs are an example to follow by future Islamic culture capitals to overcome their challenges.

    From his part, Dr. Ghannouchi stated that ISESCO plays a pivotal role in the region and in the Islamic world as a whole in areas key to achieving development, particularly education, science and technology, wishing every success to the Organization in implementing its socially-conscious future programmes and plans.

    In addition, the meeting touched on ISESCO’s new vision and action strategy for the next phase. In this regard, Dr. AlMalik reviewed a range of major programmes and projects already initiated by the Organization, most notably the waqf (endowment) project whose proceeds will go to financing ISESCO’s programmes and activities in Member States’ neediest areas to support and empower women and children. Dr. AlMalik also pointed out that, under the Organization’s new vision, studies will be carried out in the field of waqf in the Islamic world with a view to promoting and developing it.

    In the same vein, Dr. Ghannouchi commended the idea of waqf and dubbed it as a practical solution to achieve ISESCO’s noble objectives. He underlined that waqf accounts for 30% of the expenditure of universities and civil society activities in Tunisia and that developed countries largely depend on it to ensure education and healthcare services to those in need.

    Key among the issues discussed at the meeting are ISESCO’s efforts in the fight against extremist thought and the documents issued by the previous sessions of the Islamic Conference of Culture Ministers that constitute a cultural and intellectual approach to combat extremism and promote moderation and middle stance, as advocated by the noble religion of Islam. These documents call on Islamic countries’ legislative institutions to enact more laws to this effect.

    “Extremism has severely harmed Islam and Muslims. Joint efforts have to be made to eradicate this plague”, Dr. Ghannouchi commented.

    For his part, Dr. AlMalik stated that under its new vision, ISESCO endeavors to become a house of expertise for the Islamic world, hence the creation of the Center of Strategic Anticipation.

    The two parties also explored the intellectual role played by ISESCO through “ISESCO Cultural Forum” which hosts renowned intellectuals from Muslim countries to discuss today’s issues and provide their suggestions and ideas.

    The meeting brought together Mr. Nabil Hajji, Vice-President of the Assembly in charge of External Relations; Mr. Habib Khedhr, Head of the Cabinet of the President of the Assembly; Dr. Najib Rhiati, Director of Culture at ISESCO; Dr. Mohamed Ghemari, Director of the General Secretariat; Dr. Kais Hammami, Director of the Center of Strategic Anticipation at ISESCO; and Dr. Abdelilah Benarafa, Cultural Advisor to ISESCO Director General.

    ISESCO Director General meets Tunisian Minister of cultural Affairs, and attends closing ceremony of Carthage Theatre Days

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    Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), explored with Dr. Mohamed Zine El Abidine, Tunisian Minister of Cultural Affairs, the latest state of preparations for the 11th Islamic Conference of Culture Ministers, which kicks off tomorrow 17 December 2019 in Tunis.

    This meeting was part of the airport reception of Dr. AlMalik by Dr. Zine El Abidine at the VIP Lounge at Carthage International Airport at his arrival to Tunis yesterday evening in a visit during which he will meeet a number of Tunisian Officials and take part at the Islamic Conference of Culture Ministers, to be held by the Tunisian Ministry of Cultural Affairs, in cooperation with ISESCO, under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Tunisia, H.E. Mr. Kais Saied.

    Afterwards, Dr. Zine El Abidine took Dr. AlMalik in a visit to the City of Culture, where they attended the closing ceremony of the 21st Edition of Carthage Theatre Days. The festival honored a number of renowned Arab theatre artists from Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon and Tunisia, and awarded prizes to the winners.

    It is worth mentioning that the first edition of Carthage Theatre Days was held on 7-15 November 1983. This event is an international theatre festival, supervised by the Tunisian Ministry of cultural Affairs, and brings together creators from various Arab countries. It is modelled on Carthage Cinema Days. In 2010, Carthage Music Days held its first edition.

    ISESCO Cultural Forum honors Dean of Moroccan Literature and Secretary of Mohammedian League

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    ISESCO Cultural Forum honored Dr. Abbès Jirari, Dean of Moroccan Literature, and Dr. Ahmed Abbadi, Secretary General of the Mohammedian League. On this occasion, Dr. Salim AlMalik, ISESCO Director General, presented each scholar with a certificate of appreciation and excellence, along with a medal from ISESCO.

    The tribute followed the second gathering of the Forum, yesterday evening, which hosted Dr. Abbadi who gave a lecture entitled, “From human rights to humanity rights: Exploring the contextual and knowledge requirements and approaching mechanisms”. The lecture was attended by a large audience of ambassadors and experts, and a host of universities and higher institutes students in Rabat.

    Dr. Jirari had been the guest of the gathering of the first ISESCO Cultural Forum, held on 22 October 2019, wherein he gave a lecture on the “Future Cultural Challenges in the Islamic World”. Dr. Jirari’s lecture also brought together a large audience and major media coverage.

    The Director General also presented Dr. Jirari with the first copy of Issue I of the Cultural Forum Gatherings series.

    Dr. Abbadi at ISESCO Forum: serious scientific research is a requirement for monitoring the development of human rights

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    ** The global expenditure on armament amounts to US$17 trillion, just to protect humanity from itself

    ** Each human being has individual rights, including the right to privacy which is daily violated on Internet

    The second gathering of ISESCO Cultural Forum, held yesterday at the headquarters of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), hosted Dr. Ahmed Abbadi, Secretary General of the Mohammadia League of Scholars, former member of the Moroccan National Council of Human Rights (CNDH), to deliver a lecture on the theme “From Human Rights to Humanity Right: Exploring contextual and knowledge requirements and approaching mechanisms”, on the occasion of Human Rights Day.

    The Forum was largely attended by ambassadors, experts, specialists, media representatives, and students of universities and higher institutes in Rabat. The gathering started with an address by Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, ISESCO Director General, in which he welcomed Dr. Abbadi and the audience, and introduced the theme of the lecture. Afterwards, Dr. Abbadi delivered his lecture wherein he thanked ISESCO and its Director General for this invitation and stressed the importance of the lecture’s theme. He introduced his lecture with five basic principles “a) the human rights ‘dimension’ is inherent in human beings since their existence and from such dimension all legislations and procedures have been developed to organize human life and relations; b) there are many individual rights that should be framed within an attractive project; c) these rights entail duties; how can people, for instance, call for the achievement of sustainable development unless they fulfill their duties toward society and how can they demand peace while they cause strife among people”.

    Moreover, Dr. Abbadi evoked the ‘fourth generation of human rights’, which takes into account the current system that considers the right to privacy as a human right. He also discussed the violations of the right to privacy on Internet, and the issues of genetic modifications with respect to the ethical dimension. He then went back on the five principles to present the fourth one which is the current global crises such as armament and fear crisis stating that the global expenditure on armament amounts to US$17 trillion, with US$2288 per capita on Earth; i.e. humanity incurs such massive expenditure to protect itself from itself.

    Dr. Abbadi further explained that human rights did not start with the Magna Carta back in 1215; it rather began long ago quoting the saying of Umar ibn al-Khaṭtāb (may Allah be pleased with him): “How can you enslave people when their mothers bore them as free men?”. Each human being is free and this notion is established in all religions and might be the fifth principle.

    Afterwards, Dr. Abbadi stated five phases for tackling individual human rights. “Serious scientific research is the gate to monitor the development of human rights and provide precise answers. Such research should adopt a scientific method and have special and adequate tools for the investigated field, namely human rights”, he stressed.

    Dr. Abbadi also reaffirmed the importance of strengthening, supporting and assisting human rights institutions so as to full their duties. At the end of this lecture, Dr. Abbadi received and answered the audience’s questions.

    Following this discussion, Dr. AlMalik honored Dr. Abbès Jirari, Dean of Moroccan Literature, guest of the Forum’s first gathering, and Dr. Abbadi with a certificate of appreciation and excellence, and a medal from ISESCO. Dr. AlMalik also presented Dr. Jirari with the first copy of Issue I of the Cultural Forum Gatherings series.

    ISESCO Director General: the application of human rights is an internal affair of every society according to its national contexts

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    **We should explore the human rights processes going  beyond the individual dimension to the collective ones and anticipating the future

    Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), stressed that the application of human rights is an internal affair of every country after due proper institutional deliberations, advocacy, consultation and management according to societal consensuses, national dialogue, natural development and national contexts of each society. “Such action is not based on foreign agendas or strange references to these societies. This is one of the challenges facing us toward entrenching the culture of human rights” explained Dr. AlMalik.

    This was part of Dr. AlMalik’s address yesterday at ISESCO Cultural Forum, which hosted Dr. Ahmed Abbadi, Secretary General of the Mohammadia League of Scholars, former member of the Moroccan National Council of Human Rights (CNDH), to deliver a lecture on “From Human Rights to Humanity Right: Exploring contextual and knowledge requirements and approaching mechanisms”, on the occasion of Human Rights Day.

    At the outset of his address, Dr. AlMalik welcomed all the participants to ISESCO, which is a house of expertise for the Islamic world in its areas of competence, reaffirming ISESCO’s keenness to develop new methods in the management of the intellectual fields through openness to decision-makers in various knowledge fields to participate in ISESCO’s activities and listening to their proposals and opinions on the promotion of culture, education, science and communication in Member States.

    ISESCO Director General added that “this is a perfect time and context for this lecture, which deserves due attention as it places the human rights issue at the core of the concerns of ISESCO, which published many relevant studies in its working languages, including “the Islamic Declaration on Cultural Rights” which was approved by the 8th Islamic Conference of Culture Ministers, held in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah in 2014.”

    Besides, Dr. AlMalik made it clear that many of ISESCO Member States have taken positive strides in the process of human rights, which needs further expansion as it concerns countries and societies, achieves development, and ensures comprehensive security. “We should take into account the cultural, social, economic, environmental and technological changes which resulted in many new problematics with direct impact on Earth and humanity rights. Such problematics should be solved through the establishment of new human rights processes that go beyond the individual dimension to the collective ones and move from the present to the future”, he explained.

    ISESCO Director General stressed  that within this new human rights prospect, going in line with ISESCO’s new vision, which is entrenched through many important reforms in its plans, programmes, structure and human resources, the issue of human rights should be among the concerns of decision-makers, officials and society as it builds the societies in which security, welfare, justice and equality prevail.

    Dr. AlMalik added that the system of human rights does not only concern individuals, but it covers also human groups and future generations. “However, there are historical, cultural and social contexts, knowledge requirements and implementation mechanisms that should be respected and taken into account. The human rights issue is not a slogan or a passing celebrated day. It is rather a strong culture that should be shared and implemented transparently within constructive dialogue and consultation” he stressed.

    At the close of his address, Dr. AlMalik said “Muslims have given due attention to the issue of rights at the level of religious assignment, including worship, dealings, doctrines and discipline, and developed the philosophy of legislation based on preserving the human dignity. However, they should reconsider them according to an accurate scientific method and grasp all the developments of the Islamic thoughts in this field so as to enrich the human rights achievements in the general human civilizational edifice and achieve the true meaning of succession as Allah Says: ‘O David, indeed We have made you a successor upon the earth, so judge between the people in truth’”.

    ISESCO calls for holding an international forum to develop strategy for promoting humanitarian situation

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    **Dr. AlMalik: The countries of the Islamic world have boundless potentials, which promise a brighter future on the condition that they are well invested.

    **ISESCO works on facilitating social integration and developing Islamic solidarity values

    The Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, called for holding an international forum at ISESCO’s headquarters in Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco, in 2020, with the participation of the regional and international organizations and civil society bodies concerned with social development in order to develop a holistic strategy for promoting the humanitarian and social situation, and helping ISESCO Member States honor their commitments to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030.

    This came in Dr. AlMalik’s address at the opening session of the First Islamic Ministerial Conference on Social Development, which kicked off today, in Istanbul, Republic of Turkey, in the presence of H.E. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, under the theme “Ensuring Social Equality and Prosperity for All in Member States: Opportunities and Challenges”.

    At the outset of his address, ISESCO Director General noted that the theme of the conference contains “equality” and “prosperity”, which reflect two key goals of the SDGs 2030. “This raises the following questions: What is the degree of progress our countries have made since 2015 to fulfill their commitments regarding the Seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), after nearly a third of the period ahead of 2030? What urgent strategies and measures should we take to speed up the pace of progress?”, Dr. AlMalik said.

    He also wondered how should Muslim countries make up for lagging behind developed countries at a time when the countries of the Islamic world allocate a mere 0.4% of their gross domestic product for scientific research and development in a world that has witnessed the growth of invention patents in cutting-edge technologies and artificial intelligence over the last twenty five years by 1000%?.

    He added that world states, including the Muslim ones, committed themselves to achieve the fourth SDG on education. “Yet, more than 64 million children are out of school in these countries for social and economic reasons, and illiteracy rate stands at 40% of the population, of which 65% are girls and women. Underage marriage in our Islamic world is also a sad phenomenon, a painful reality and a key factor of the girls’ social isolation and for their prevention from pursuing their education”, the Director General further explained.

    Moreover, Dr. AlMalik stated that the nations of the world also committed themselves to achieve the first and second SDGs on the elimination of poverty and hunger. Yet again, he maintained, utter poverty is still prevalent in the Islamic world with 16% of the population living on less than two dollars a day; and there are no near-term prospects for a shrink of hunger levels in many regions of Africa and West Asia where malnutrition has reached 12% of the population.

    Likewise, ISESCO director general warned that in a world where the intensity of conflicts, natural disasters, immigration waves and displacement is not abating, and in view of the report released by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), on 4 December 2019, nearly 168 million people all over the world will require humanitarian assistance and protection in 2020, the highest figure to be recorded in decades.

    Dr. AlMalik also stated that faced with these conditions and circumstances, the countries of the Islamic world have boundless potentials, which promise a brighter future for its children and for the coming generations on the condition that they are well invested. “One of these potentials is the young forces and the high rate of children and youth in its demographic fabric, the hidden talents that require to be discovered and encouraged, and the high technical and scientific competencies either inside our countries or in the diasporas which can strongly contribute to the localization of advanced technology and scientific research in our countries”, he maintained.

    Furthermore, the Director General underscored that the current situation, whose features and aspects are unfolding through facts and figures, not only requires Muslim countries to pay  further attention and make stronger commitment, but also motivates them to gear their action towards finding effective and viable solutions to the humanitarian and social issues. “Therefore, we should all assume our responsibilities in achieving the social development for our peoples based on a holistic human rights approach that considers poverty, illiteracy, educational deprivation, all forms of social exclusion, malnutrition, water shortage, poor sanitation and environmental aggressions as flagrant violations of human rights”, Dr. AlMalik stressed.

    Against this backdrop, the Director General stated that ISESCO has developed a new vision through which it seeks to become a beacon of global outreach to anticipate the issues of human development and focus on the elimination of poverty, counter extremism and hate speech; a vision that is centered on the human being; one that respects the environment, preserves the dignity of all and treats all people on equal footing.

    He also maintained that under this vision, ISESCO renews its commitment to better support its Member States through developing a special system with indicators for measuring social development in the countries of the Islamic world; analyzing the disparities between them; monitoring the social transformations; preparing a comprehensive strategy for combatting poverty to contribute to sustainable social development and to promote peace for humanity as a whole; and supporting education that values diversity, arts and sports in order to build inclusive societies for all.

    “While we praise and appreciate the efforts exerted by our Member States in the field of social development, we reaffirm ISESCO’s commitment to facilitate and promote, through a Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) approach, the socio-economic integration of the vulnerable grassroots communities and develop the Islamic values of solidarity and entrepreneurship”, the Director General announced.

    Dr. AlMalik also stressed that the Conference resolutions should  focus on meeting the actual needs of Muslim communities; building bridges of cooperation with leading international organizations operating in development and humanitarian action to create synergies and complementarity in our actions; adopting an integrated approach for fighting poverty, extremism and terrorism; and fostering further harmony and efficiency to ensure a steady improvement of people’s life standards and an equitable participation to achieve prosperity for all.

    ISESCO takes part in the restoration and rehabilitation of Elderly People Centres in Morocco

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    Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), today in Istanbul, Turkey, met Dr. Jamila EL Moussali, Moroccan Minister of Solidarity, Social Development, Equality and Family, before their participation tomorrow in the First Islamic Ministerial Conference on Social Development.

    During this meeting, the two parties explored the promotion of cooperation between ISESCO and the Kingdom of Morocco as part of ISESCO’s new vision, which adopts the programmes and activities with concrete and direct positive output. Dr. AlMalik and Dr. EL Moussali also tackled ISESCO’s participation in the Programme of Integrated Territorial Bodies for Children Protection, being implemented by the Ministry of Solidarity, Social Development, Equality and Family with the contribution of many Moroccan governmental sectors and some civil society organizations operating in the field of children protection.

    Besides, the meeting explored the rehabilitation of elderly peoples centres. Morocco includes 62 centres, of which 32 have been rehabilitated and 30 still need rehabilitation. The two parties agreed to involve ISESCO in the restoration and rehabilitation of these centres.

    They also agreed on the programme of the Medical, Social and Educational Caravan, to be launched next January in cooperation between ISESCO and the Moroccan Ministries of Solidarity, Social Development, Equality and Family; Health; and Education. 

    In addition, Dr. AlMalik and Dr. EL Moussali agreed to establish a psychosocial therapy centre for the victims of oppression, particularly for women and children, in 2020. The meeting was attended from ISESCO by Dr. Rahmata Almamy Mbaye, Director of Human and Social Sciences.

    ISESCO Director General meets in Istanbul with Senegalese Minister of Women and Family

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    The Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, met with Ms. Ndeye Saly Diop Dieng, Minister of Women, Family and Gender of Senegal, and together they discussed ways to promote cooperation between ISESCO and the Republic of Senegal in the Organization’s areas of competence.

    In a meeting held in Istanbul, Turkey, hours prior to the First Ministerial Conference on Social Development, the parties agreed to scale up cooperation through practical steps, inter alia, the launch of the medical, social and scientific caravan next year in Senegal in service of Senegalese citizens with Senegal contributing to the Caravan’s needs.

    Moreover, Dr. AlMalik and Ms. Dieng agreed to set up a center for psychosocial treatment of women and children victims of persecution in 2020, in cooperation between ISESCO and the Senegalese Government, represented by the Ministry of Women, Family and Gender.

    This agreement is part of ISESCO’s new vision and strategy of its future action that advocates the empowerment of women, youth and children and promotes the access of all to education. It focuses on sustainable development issues, poverty eradication, the fight against extremism and hate speech and support of civil society.

    The meeting was attended by Ms. Ramata Almamy Mbaye, Director of Human and Social Sciences.

    Remarkable participation of ISESCO in International Bazar in Rabat

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    The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) took part in the International Charity Bazar, held on Saturday, at Mohamed V National Theater in Rabat, under the high patronage of His Majesty King Mohamed VI of Morocco, and the effective presidency of Their Royal Highnesses the Princesses of Morocco. The Bazar was opened by H.R.H. Princess Lalla Meryem.

    ISESCO set a special stand at the Bazar, which was overseen by Dr. Yousra AlJazairy, spouse of H.E. ISESCO Director General, with the participation of Ms. Hanane Ghazi, Ms. Zineb Iraqi, and Ms. Majda Souaf.

    For his part, Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, ISESCO Director General, visited the Bazar and welcomed the visitors of ISESCO stand. He also visited several Member States’ stands and held friendly conversations with the managers of these States’ stands, hailing the organization and noble charitable cause of the Bazar.

    ISESCO’s stand contained a number of ISESCO’s publications, and items related to child education through play, which was well-received and appreciated by the Bazar’s visitors.

    In her address at the opening of the Bazar, H.R.H. Princess Lalla Meryem commended the projects carried out by the Diplomatic Circle in the cultural and social fields, and the associations it supports.

    It is worth noting that the International Bazar in Rabat is an annual event that includes an open buffet of traditional food from participating countries, in addition to displays of the respective local and artisanal products of a large number of countries from different continents. The proceeds of the Bazar are donated to charitable associations targeting women and supporting education.