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Culture Min. Chairs 26th Executive Meeting of Arab Music Complex


Wed 16 Dec 2020 | 06:30 AM
Ali Abu Dashish

Dr. Enas Abdel-Dayem, Minister of Culture and the head of the Arab Music Complex affiliated to the Arab League, presided over the 26th Executive Council meeting of the complex through video conference communication technology.

The meeting was attended by Dr. Kifah Fakhoury, the secretary general of the complex and Dr. Hisham Sharaf, director of the complex.

At the beginning of the meeting, Abdel Dayem welcomed the participating members and mourned the representative of the State of Sudan, Othman Mustafa Soliman.

Then, Abdel Dayem reviewed the agenda and invited the Secretary general of the complex to present the report of the complex Secretariat that identifies its tasks and activities within ten months - after the 25th conference that was held during February 2020 in Cairo.

A number of points were noted:

- The Arabic electronic music magazine reached ten publications with 12 articles.

- Updating the comlex’s website on the Internet to provide an easy navigation and access through the use of all the available electronic means.

- Adding a search engine on the site for all articles for the publications of the magazine and for the new publication.

- Informing the subscribers of the magazine about each new publication as soon as it is released via their e-mail addresses at the beginning of the new year 2021 ,in addition to reviewing the possibilities of translating the content of each publication in English language besides the Arabic language to increase the spread and the viewership of the magazine

-Suggesting new mechanisms to reduce the percentage of material taken from the Internet ,depending on the articles that are specially prepared for the magazine.

Previewing the Journal of Musical Research, entitled “An ancient Arabic music for enlightening a promising future.”

It is worthy of note that the permanent delegates in the Arab League was supplied with copies of it , preparing for the publication of the 19th publication.

In line with developing the publishing system in the world, an approval was requested to issue an electronic copy in addition to the paper copy, starting from this publication as a step towards the gradual electronic transformation excluding the paper copy.

Moreover, the report reviewed the Scientific symposiums held by the complex which succeeded in organizing two scientific events: the first of which was a symposium entitled “Ways to preserve the musical professions in the circumstances of Corona pandemic,” and it was held with the invitation of the General Secretariat of the Arab League and in cooperation with Culture and Dialogue of Civilizations Department in the social affairs sector at the university.

The compex also participated in organizing the 29th Arab Music Conference at the Egyptian Opera House during November 2020.

During the event, the database of researchers were made available at the complex, contributing to the generalization, urging researchers to participate with their studies in the Journal of Arab Electronic Music issued by the complex.

The report discussed the celebration of the International Arab Music Day on 28 March of this year, circulating the necessity to celebrate it at the level of all the country member of the Arab League.

The Arab music day celebration on 2020 in particular was limited to initiatives within a limited framework, and the projects for 2021-2022 were also discussed in addition to the financial situation of the complex.