6/11/09
Oman Centre for Traditional Music
The Sultanate of Oman's musical tradition is an integral part of its social, political, economic, geographical and religious history. Eloquent testimony to this is borne out by the thousands of anthologies of verse which form the text of Omani folk songs and which present a living history of events that have social lessons for the present and the future, as well as the past. Traditional poetry embodies all these qualities.
Fundación Darat al Funun
Overlooking the heart of Amman, Darat al Funun is housed in three traditional buildings of the 1920s, alongside the archaeological remains of a six century Byzantine church built over a Roman Temple, all restored for use.
Visita virtual en http://www.daratalfunun.org/main/place/virtual/placevirt.html
Universidad de Damasco
Damascus University: The largest and oldest university in Syria. Founded in 1923 from the merger of the School of Medicine (established 1909) and the Institute of Law (established 1913). Later, other faculties were added to the university and it witnessed major improvements after the Syrian independence in 1946. The university used to carry the official name of the 'Syrian University' until 1958 when the University of Aleppo was founded, so the name changed into 'Damascus University'. Today the university consists of 14 faculties of literature and human sciences, education, economics, law, agriculture, Islamic Sahria'a, pharmacy, medicine, dentistry, civil engineering, fine arts, architecture, mechanic engineering, and the Higher Institute of Administrative Development. Also affiliated with the university are 7 intermediate institutes and the School of Nursing. Damascus university, along with its sister universities in Aleppo, Homs and Lattakia is one of the fewest places in the world where all scientific materials are taught in Arabic.
Banderas de Iraq
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Iraq
4/11/09
Bibliothèque Nationale d'Algérie
En la web institucional de la Bibliothèque Nationale d’Algérie se dice que la biblioteca es un "Elément décisif dans la vie culturelle d'une nation", y que, aunque inaugurada su nueva sede en 1994, tiene sus orígenes en 1835.
http://www.biblionat.dz/
The Edward Said National Conservatory of Music
Museos de Marruecos
3/11/09
Arab Image Foundation
Desde su fundación en Beirut en 1996, la organización sin ánimo de lucro Fondation Arabe pour l'Image ha venido desplegando una intensa actividad a la altura de los centros más vanguardistas del mundo en el tratamiento y divulgación de las prácticas fotográficas. Dadas las pésimas condiciones de conservación en la que se encontraban muchas de las colecciones que han adquirido o les han sido donadas, la máxima urgencia en esta primera década ha sido preservar y restaurar el legado fotográfico árabe. En sus diversas colecciones, formadas por cerca de 100.000 fotografías de profesionales y aficionados de todos los países árabes y de la diáspora libanesa, hay materiales que datan hasta de principios del siglo XIX.
Naciones Unidas: The Arab Knowledge Report 2009
Completo y complejo informe, con datos actualizados (estadísticas, gráficos, cifras trasversales, etc.) y apoyo teórico a debatir. Aportación valiosísima para la asignatura.
Contenidos:
The Theoretical Framework: concepts and problematics of the knowledge society (Chapter 1)
Arab Knowledge Performance Environments: expanding freedoms and building institutions (Chapter 2)
Education and the formation of knowledge capital (Chapter 3)
Information and Communications Technologies in the Arab Countries: the pillars and tools of
knowledge (Chapter 4)
Arab research and innovation performance (Chapter 5)
Building the Knowledge Society in the Arab Nation: a vision and a plan (Chapter 6)
Se puede descargar el pdf en inglés.
Innovación y periferia: propuestas culturales
Art & Culture in the Arab World