Writers Dhi Qar: Culture allocations went to the processions Husseiniya

Writers Dhi Qar: Culture allocations went to the processions Husseiniya


 Dhi Qar / Hussein factor

Called on writers and intellectuals in Dhi Qar province, the Ministry of Culture to formulate a "Vision general strategy" to discuss ways of enhancing cultural reality in the country, stressing that the cultural reform process linked to "fundamentally linked" process of political reform ", and accused the local government of denying the cultural institutions of financial allocations and awarded to processions Husseiniya.
this came during a discussion paper cultural reform held a meeting of love gathered Saturday evening on the Euphrates River Corniche center of Nasiriyah, lectured the former Minister of culture useful Algerian, who stressed at the seminar which was attended by a symposium (term), that " the country 14 years ago , a still l H in the square initially did not achieve any significant progress in all fields, including cultural fields , "attributing the cultural, political and economic backwardness to" the absence of the national strategy of clear state - building and the development of community awareness. "
Said the Algerian, that" the purpose of cultural reform is to re - consideration to the culture being an essential part of people 's lives and reflect on their social life and their behavior and their relationships of mutual, "adding that" Iraq has all the conditions required to achieve cultural, economic, social and even political renaissance if launched from the premises sound. "
He said the former Minister of Culture , "while lagging behind the state lags the role of the intellectual, can not be blamed only intellectuals, and intellectuals to face exclusion practiced against them from the political class and perform their role in the service of society through their giving knowledge, literary and cultural," stressed Algeria 's "need for the reconstruction of infrastructure requirements infrastructure culture and secure conditions for cultural advancement through the adoption of a national strategy based competencies and sound mechanism in the development of cultural awareness , "pointing to" the need to re - examine the nature of the work of the Ministry of culture and functions in the current circumstances. "
He called on the Algerian Ministry of Culture to "formulate a vision general strategy of culture in cooperation and coordination with the intellectuals and the holding of a general conference of cultural elites to discuss ways of enhancing cultural reality and activating the role of the intellectual in society , " explaining that "the Ministry of Culture has spent $ 500 million in Baghdad , the capital of Arab culture project , but it did not leave a cultural monument milestone has been achieved within the said project. "
For his part , Vice President of the Federation and the book of Dhi Qar , Yasser al - Barrak revealed in his intervention during the seminar which was attended by dozens of writers and those interested in cultural affairs for the absence of government support for cultural institutions and activities, noting that " the government (afraid not ashamed), since 2003 , and so far , it has ignored the voice of the intellectual peaceful demands while only interact and meet the demands of power and possesses weapons. "
And Barrak stressed " the need to form a real pressure from intellectuals groups to force the authority of the political decision to comply with the demands of the efforts to promote the culture and community awareness , " noting that " the financial budgets of the provinces contain allocations for culture but these customizations are not advertised and do not go to the institutions , the real cultural activities but distributed to the processions Husseiniya. "
Point Barrak said that "previously called on officials in the province of Dhi Qar to be regarded as the Union of Writers from within the processions Husseiniya to obtain financial entitlements of cultural assignments deprived of them," he said , adding that "intellectuals for now they do not do their role properly and that the first step to reform culture Iraq starts from the reform of the intellectual and the activation of the cultural and enlightening role in society through the employment of creative energies in awareness activities targeted. "
For his part , writer Ahmed Albaghera said in his speech at the seminar, said that "cultural reform is closely linked to radical political reform by successive governments to govern Iraq, including the current government does not care about culture and look at the culture and look at the Ministry of Culture of inferiority."
He added Albaghera, that " the government 's lack of interest in culture because the simple reason is that culture while spreading the crystallization of a community awareness and create political awareness threatens the privileges and gains of the political class that relies on sectarian quotas and the backwardness of society."
In turn, civil activist Iman Secretary to "called attention to the talent of literary young and embrace and support to be more effective society," noting that "any field ignores the role of young people will suffer from the deficit and palaces", stressing the importance of "bridging the relationship between civil society organizations and cultural institutions in order to be a more effective role in society. "
President of the Union of Writers and the Book of Dhi Qar , Abdul Amir al - Hamdani said his part , said , "The Ministry of Culture did not incite a true minister of culture, and that another real minister of culture was the Algerian useful , " noting that "culture ministers who came after Algerian either Metwally mosque or a former or political policeman It looks for his party. "
Hamdani noted that " the lack of local government interest in culture is not limited to the neglect of only cultural institutions but also beyond it to include the cultural heritage that is rich in its province of Dhi Qar, which includes more than 1,200 important archaeological site , " noting that "archaeological institutions in Dhi Qar, government institutions the relevant scene of civilization and cultural did not receive the required support for the advancement of monuments and heritage preservation ".ouchehdt seminar to discuss cultural reform , which was attended by dozens of writers, intellectuals and concerned and interested in the cultural affairs of many of the interventions that diagnosed the imbalance in the cultural scene and launched a number of processors Which is in the interest of culture and accomplished creative and raise community awareness.

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