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MEDiakitab association, located in Marseille, is in charge of administrating the blog. Contents are a reflection of the activities, analysis and knowledge developped by the network members.

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Assabil and Omar le Chéri in Beyrouth book fair

Two partners meet to share ideas and passion for comic books

Beyrouth Salon du Livre 2014 avec Lilian Thuram et Thierry Quinqueton[1]

Le romancier vietnamien Do Khiem et le poète libanais Antoine Boulad dans un débat modéré par Gilles Kraemer

L’Exposition Omar Le-Chéri sur le stand de L’Orient Le Jour reçoit un invité inattendu : le champion du monde 1998 Lilian Thuram

Despite the dramatic events in the region, the French speaking book fair in Beyrouth took [...]

Digital and Youth, in the heart of 80th IFLA Congress

2014, The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions met in Lyon

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Founded in Scotland, in 1927, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the library and information profession. It now has over 1500 Members in approximately 150 countries around the world and [...]

Reconquering Horsh Beirut

A wood bewitched thanks to ASSABIL association's sticks

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In a city where buildings are mushrooming and where only the arts scene can add color to the glass and concrete, it sounded almost impossible that at the heart of the city there exists a real pine wood, well-preserved, which takes its visitors on a trip away from all the traffic and into a rare [...]

HAKAYA

A Euro-Arab project for story telling

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Hakaya is a euro-Arab project that was created in 2006 to celebrate the art of « story telling » in theatre and to promote art, reading and writing, for identity building and intercultural dialogue.

Hakaya project gathers artists, historians, story tellers and instructors through a network, residences, workshops and an itinerant festival in order to tell different [...]

Bel Horizon, ardent defender of patrimony in Oran

Discovering a diverse heritage

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Created in 2002, on the occasion of the 11th centenary of the city, Bel Horizon is a dynamic association that aims at promoting Oranese heritage in all its aspects. The guides trained by the association offer others thematic tours, which make the participants aware of the patrimony wealth in Oran [...]

Feathers for moon resistance, with CEAlex

Young girls from Alexandria discover and practice surrealist poetry

« Feathers for moon resistance » is an exhibition dealing with surrealist poets in French speaking Egyptian press. It was created by Alexandrian studies centre (CEAlex), during the two weeks event for French speaking culture, organized by French Institute in Alexandria, from 29 March to 12 april 2012.

« Des plumes pour la [...]

The digital book transformations, II

The Agence Régionale du Livre PACA’s seminar crosses experts sights

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On the occasion of its second edition, the 28th and 29th November 2011, the seminar gave the floor to various disciplines specialists, who came to provide their concepts about a matter of which social, economic and technical realities are deeply changing: the digital reading actors, mediums and practices. All these lectures are now available [...]

Once upon a time, Oran…

Le Petit Lecteur d’Oran propose the 6th edition of story telling festival

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From 12h to16h of March 2012, the organization « Le petit lecteur d’Oran » organized the the 6th edition of story telling festival in Oran. The cultural event is now considered as a major attraction. Several components take part in the success of the popular [...]

The Heritage days in Alexandria

In 2011, the festival offered a second edition

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The first edition of the Heritage Days in Alexandria was held from 24 till 28 September 2010. Four days of events, attendance was nearly two thousand people. The events were electic: exhibitions, free for a day of national museum, tasting culinary, meetings with authors, educational workshops……

Following the success of this first year, the partners [...]

The access to the culture through reading and storytelling

Cultural activities with books

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For a few years now Lebanon expands the publishing for children. This sector, which becomes more and more creative and dynamic, comes across many difficulties though: most of the authors, publishers and booksellers are concentrated in Beirut, the books for children are still very expensive and it’s difficult for the libraries to organize [...]