Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs H E Ghanem bin Shaheen bin Ghanem Al Ghanem (fourth right) during the Nations Seminar that took place at the Abdullah Bin Zaid Al Mahmoud Islamic Cultural Centre on Thursday.
Doha: The intellectual and cultural activities of the quarterly seminar called the Nations Seminar, organised by the Department of Islamic Research and Studies at the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, was launched on Thursday. It discussed the society and nation issues with a group of thinkers, scholars and researchers.
The event was held under the patronage and presence of Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs H E Ghanem bin Shaheen bin Ghanem Al Ghanem.
The Ministry started its seminars at the hall of the Abdullah Bin Zaid Al Mahmoud Islamic Cultural Centre with a seminar entitled “The cultural incubators - libraries as a model”. It was attended by Heritage and Rare Book Adviser in the Office of the Cultural Adviser at Qatar Foundation, the writer and researcher Mohamed Hammam Fikri, the researcher in the Qatari heritage Ali Al Fayyad and Director of the Libraries Department at the Ministry of Culture, Jassim Ahmed Al Buainain. It was moderated by Head of Sharia Research section of the Department of Islamic Research and Studies at the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs.
The seminar started with a welcoming speech by Director of the Department of Research and Islamic Studies Sheikh Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Ghanem Al Thani. He said that the first seminar of the Nation Seminar series aims to highlight the role of libraries as incubators for the cultures of nations, and to discuss the problems facing cultural incubators, to come up with innovative and effective solutions for re-establishing the role of libraries as incubators for cultures and sciences.
He expressed his happiness to work on reviving cultural, intellectual and scientific seminars within the ministry’s efforts. Dr. Ahmed added that important issues need bright minds to produce effective solutions, affirming that cultural incubators are a mirror of the nation’s standard among other nations.
The researcher Muhammad Hammam Fikri talked about the concept of cultural incubators, explaining that it is the environment that achieves the transfer of knowledge to generations and the containment and development of creative energies.
The researcher Ali Al Fayyad explained that the interest in libraries in Qatar began since the inception of modern Qatar, starting with the city of Al Huwailah and passing through the city of Al Zubarah.
Al Fayyadh dealt with the era of the founder Sheikh Jassim bin Muhammad bin Thani, who, besides his political wisdom, was a scholar and poet.
