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ABDULAZIZ HUSSEIN CULTURAL CENTER PLAYS DISTINGUISHED ROLE
BY KAWTHER AL-GHANEM
KUWAIT, FEB 18 (KUNA) -- THE ABDULAZIZ HUSSEIN CULTURAL CENTER BELONGING TO
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR CULTURE, ARTS AND LETTERS (NCCAL) PLAYS A
DISTINGUISHED ROLE IN PUBLISHING AND SUPPORTING CULTURE GENERATION AFTER
GENERATION.
THE CULTURAL CENTER WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1996 AND WAS NAMED BACK THEN "THE
MISHREF CULTURAL CENTER" AND IN 1997 THE CABINET DECIDED TO NAME AFTER THE
LATE ABDULAZIZ HUSSEIN FOR HIS GREAT EFFORTS IN SERVING CULTURE AND EDUCATION
IN KUWAIT AND THE ARAB WORLD.
MANY MUSICAL SHOWS AND EVENTS ARE CARRIED OUT AT THE CENTER'S THEATRE THAT
CAN HOLD UP TO 300 VIEWERS.
THE "ABDULAZIZ HUSSEIN LIBRARY", WHICH WAS INAUGURATED THIS YEAR WITH THE
SUPPORT OF THE KUWAIT FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, JASSEM KHALED
AL-MARZOUQ AND THE ARAB BUREAU FOR ENGINEERING CONSULTATION, IS ONE OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE CENTER.
THE LIBRARY WITH AN AREA OF 3,000 SQUARE METERS INCLUDES VARIOUS TYPES OF
BOOKS AND SOURCES IN ADDITION TO BOOKS WRITTEN BY LATE ABDULAZIZ HUSSEIN.
DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE ABDULAZIZ HUSSEIN LIBRARY, TOLD KUNA THE LIBRARY
AIMS AT SPREADING CULTURE IN THE SOCIETY BY PROVIDING A NUMBER OF MODERN AND
OLD BOOKS IN ADDITION TO AN AUDIO-VISUAL AND ELECTRONIC LIBRARY.
THE LIBRARY HAS AROUND 20,000 BOOKS AS WELL AS PUBLICATIONS IN ALL
LANGUAGES AND 350 RARE BOOKS, HE ADDED.
AMONG THE RARE BOOKS IS A MANUSCRIPT ON THE HISTORY OF THE KUWAITI ISLAND
OF FAILAKA, WHICH DATES BACK TO 400 YEARS AND ANOTHER MANUSCRIPT PUBLISHED BY
AL-NAWAWI DATED 1102 A.H. (MORE)
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