Int'l German Cultural Center Comments on Ramadan's Controversy

International German Cultural Center in Lebanon's CEO Mahmoud El Khatib commented on presenting an honorary doctorate on Friday to star Mohamed Ramadan.

He said that the center is honored of presenting the degree to Ramadan, asserting that the actor didn't pay any sum of money for it.

Moreover, El Khatib highlighted that the center revealed that it has no links with the German Embassy in Lebanon, and it has its own independent policies.

He also expressed that the International German Cultural Center in Lebanon is not supervised by any international institution.

Yesterday, Mohamed Ramadan announced that he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the German Cultural Center in Lebanon and naming him as the Ambassador of Arab Youth which sparked a sense of controversy on social media.

Several social media followers criticized the institution’s selection for Ramadan, on the other hand, they started to detect the truths behind such an announcement.

Furthermore, the director of the syndicate Farid Bosaied told local reporters that they are not responsible for awarding Ramadan. He added that Ramadan was awarded this degree by a special committee that is not linked with the Lebanese Ministry of Culture, and the Syndicate of Musicians.

In the same context, the German Embassy in Cairo denied the presence of any links between the German Cultural Center in Lebanon and the government of Germany. In addition, the embassy called all Arabs to check official German institutions in the state such as Goethe Institute.