The Arab Group at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is organizing the Arab Week at UNESCO from November 4-5. Being held for the first time in more than half a century after Arab countries started to work with UNESCO, the initiative, at the organization’s headquarters in the French capital, Paris, is organized at the behest of Saudi Arabia, represented by the Saudi National Commission for Education, Culture and Science. The event has the tacit support of Saudi Minister of Culture Prince Badr bin Farhan, who directed to enhance levels of coordination and understanding with countries to find common ground from which to launch development initiatives at various levels. The Arab Week at UNESCO involves cultural and artistic exhibitions, including a market for Arab cultural products, an exhibition on Arabic calligraphy, and another on photographs of heritage sites in the Arab world registered with UNESCO, in addition to an Arab music pavilion, an Arab cooking event, a pavilion on Arab handicrafts, and another on Arab fashion. It will also include a symposium on the Arabic novel, another on artificial intelligence, a symposium on Arabic calligraphy, and a symposium on children’s literature. The accompanying shows will include an […]