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« Seven lives », a bilingual version

cdussol — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 19:17:48 +0000

Cats are known to have seven lives… in Arabic, they have « seven souls ». So when a philosopher cat is asked the existential question « Who am I ? », the answer can only be an elliptical, mysterious and elusive one. There is no question of being caught in the trap of an [...]

Nawa Association in Gaza strip

cdussol — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 15:39:33 +0000

Nawabook © NAWA

Located in Deir El Balah City, a central point in Gaza Strip, Nawa Association was founded in 2014 by a group of young, passionate and educated Palestinians to help empower their local communities through culture and arts programs. The general objective is to create a nurturing cultural hub for Palestinian families. [...]

The flying carpet discovering the Red Sea

cdussol — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 15:23:14 +0000

« The flying carpet » is an educational kit created and produced by « Bokra Sawa », in partnership with Ecomers centre, in Nice and CEAlex and funded by Region PACA. The objective is to raise young people awareness of ecology and history of the the Red Sea opening on the Mediterranean Sea. The educational [...]

BNF digital resources

Laetitia — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:01:08 +0000

Site de la BnF pour enfants ©BnF

Virtual exhibitions, games for children, Ipad applications, the digital resources of the BnF (Bibliothèque nationale de France, French national Library)

The BnF puts on-line exhibitions showed on its premises in Paris. It provides on-line resources, which allow distant audiences to access its collections. [...]

Feathers for moon resistance, with CEAlex

cdussol — Mon, 28 May 2012 17:12:22 +0000

« 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 [...]

Once upon a time, Oran…

cdussol — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:19:26 +0000

Si Oran m’était contée © Le petit lecteur d’Oran

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 [...]

Alif, Alpha et Arobase : un projet MEDiakitab avec les jeunes

cdussol — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:07:14 +0000

The project Alif, Alpha et Arobase, lead young people from Ramallah, Alexandria, Tyr, Oran and Marseille, to make inquiries on writings around the Mediterranean sea. They will use their imagination to create and exchange during several months.

Cradle of the first alphabets and the three Book religions, Mediterranean shores host plenty of history, [...]

Introducing digital culture in Milan Librairies

cdussol — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:35:09 +0000

The networks of Milan City libraries took the opportunity of MEDiakitab meeting to ask ZINC to present an introductive workshop about digital art and practices to the staff of the 26 libraries. Two members of “le Petit lecteur d’Oran” and the responsible of the training department from Egyptian catholic [...]

“Philip and Omar”, Egyptian children litterature dealing with friendship

Laetitia — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:00:28 +0000

Philip and Omar are two Egyptian boys who come from two different cities and live according to their own daily habits, but share similar daydreams. When they happen to meet each other around a sand castle we wonder whether it is for better or for worse… This beautiful book deals with [...]

The access to the culture through reading and storytelling

cdussol — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:05:14 +0000

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 [...]