{"id":35680,"date":"2020-08-17T13:19:06","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T12:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icesco.preprod.io\/2020\/08\/17\/icesco-extends-cultural-support-to-mauritania\/"},"modified":"2020-08-17T13:19:06","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T12:19:06","slug":"icesco-extends-cultural-support-to-mauritania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icesco.org\/en\/2020\/08\/17\/icesco-extends-cultural-support-to-mauritania\/","title":{"rendered":"ICESCO Extends Cultural Support to Mauritania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Director-General\n(DG) of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization\n(ICESCO), Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, Thursday, August 13, received Mr. Mohamed\nMaouloud Ould Mohamed Salem, Charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires of the Embassy of Mauritania in\nMorocco. The two officials examined cooperation opportunities between the\nOrganization and the country in the fields of education, science, and culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. AlMalik reviewed\ncooperation aspects between the Organization and Mauritania. The DG listed the\ninscription of tangible and intangible heritage on the Islamic World Heritage\nList (IWHL). He also pointed out that ICESCO\u2019s list particularly focused on the\nfour ancient cities in Mauritania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ICESCO\u2019s DG\nrecalled his visit last year to Mauritania where he met Mauritanian President Mohamed\nOuld Cheikh El Ghazouani along with other senior officials, at the Presidential\nPalace in Nouakchott. He then cited the major programs and activities benefitting\nMauritania, particularly the promotion of <em>mahdhra <\/em>(traditional Quranic\nschool). The latter is an exclusive Mauritanian heritage and a substantial\naddition to the IWHL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. AlMalik\nreviewed the initiatives, programs, and activities carried out by the\nOrganization during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the \u201cSocieties We Want\u201d\nwhich granted humanitarian relief and support for women, youth, and\nentrepreneurs in a Mauritania and other countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\nMauritanian Charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires congratulated ICESCO on its progress and its new organizational\nstructure. He then reiterated his country\u2019s interest in cooperating with the\nOrganization and supporting its initiatives and new vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also\ncommunicated Mauritanian officials\u2019 positive feedback on Dr. Al Malik\u2019s visit\nto their country. Mr. Maouloud stressed the importance of ICESCO\u2019s support to\nthe <em>mahdhras <\/em>and the establishment of a training center for preachers and\nImams to counter zealotry and extremism and instead promote tolerance and\ncoexistence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ms. Hayt\nMint Mamouni El-Moktar Mbarek, Advisor at the Embassy also attended the\nmeeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.icesco.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/icesco_dg_mauritania_relations_2-1024x576-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11684\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Director-General (DG) of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, Thursday, August 13, received Mr. Mohamed Maouloud Ould Mohamed Salem, Charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires of the Embassy of Mauritania in Morocco. The two officials examined cooperation opportunities between the Organization and the country in the fields of education, science, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":35681,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[215,217,214],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-director-general","category-front-page","category-news-update"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icesco.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icesco.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icesco.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icesco.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icesco.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/icesco.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icesco.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icesco.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icesco.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icesco.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}