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INFORMATION MINISTER TO INAUGURATE ABDELAZIZ HUSSEIN LIBRARY SATURDAY
KUWAIT, JAN 18 (KUNA) -- INFORMATION MINISTER SHEIKH AHMAD AL-FAHD AL-SABAH
WILL INAUGURATE THE ABDELAZIZ HUSSEIN LIBRARY SATURDAY AS PART OF THE 8TH
CULTURAL QURAIN FESTIVAL.
THE LIBRARY GROUPS A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT BOOKS, PERIODICALS AND MANUSCRIPTS
FROM THE PRIVATE LIBRARY OF LATE ABDELAZIZ HUSSEIN, WHO ORDERED THE DONATION
BY A WILL. THE LIBRARY INCLUDES 20,000 TITLES COLLECTED BY HUSSEIN OVER 60
YEARS HE SPENT IN SERVING THE ARAB CULTURE.
THE KUWAIT FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCES, WHICH IS CHAIRED BY
H.H. THE AMIR SHEIKH JABER AL-AHMAD AL-JABER AL-SABAH, AS WELL AS JASEM KHALED
AL-MARZOUK AND HIS FAMILY AND THE ARAB BUREAU OF ENGINEERING ADVISORY
CONTRIBUTED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LIBRARY.
ABDELAZIZ HUSSEIN WAS HEAD OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT BETWEEN 1953 A 1961.
HE ALSO HEADED THE KUWAITI DELEGATION ASSIGNED TO REFUTE IRAQI ALLEGATIONS
BEFORE THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL IN 1951.
HE WAS THE FIRST KUWAIT AMBASSADOR TO CAIRO. HE BECAME MINSTER OF STATE FOR
CABINET AFFAIRS TWICE, THE FIRST BETWEEN 1963 AND 1965 AND THE SECOND BETWEEN
1971 AND 1985.
HE ALSO TOOK PART IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INSTITUT DU MONDE ARABE IN
PARIS AND WAS THE FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE ARAB
AND ISLAMIC SCIENCES HISTORY INSTITUTE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF FRANKFURT.
HE WAS THE FIRST KUWAITI IN THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE UNESCO IN PARIS
AND BOARD MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.
IN KUWAIT, ABDELAZIZ HUSSEIN CONTRIBUTED TO THE FOUNDATION OF THE NATIONAL
COUNCIL FOR CULTURE, ARTS AND LETTERS AND THE KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC
RESEARCH AS WELL AS THE ARAB PLANNING INSTITUTE AND WAS AMONG THOSE WHO WERE
BEHIND THE IDEA OF CREATING THE KUWAIT FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF
SCIENCES. (END)
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