Muscat,(ONA) - The Cultural Club (Musandam Governorate branch) is organizing, at 8:00 pm today, a discussion session entitled “Recording the History of Musandam Governorate, through the accounts of the Cultural Club on social networking sites.
The organization of this seminar comes to discuss what has been recorded about Musandam Governorate, historically and culturally, whether in published books or archaeological manuscripts. The guests will also discuss about their writings in this regard, including the book Al-Qawl Al-Muhkam fi Wasf Muhafadat Musandam (The Sound Saying in the Description of Musandam Governorate) by Sheikh Abdullah Al- Aghbry, the book Al-Taj Al-Murassa’ fi Syar A’lam Musandam (The Inlaid Crown in the Biographies of the Figures of Musandam) by Dr. Ibrahim Al-Balushi with Dr. Hadi bin Saleh Al-Awbathani, and the book Awraq I’lamiyah min Musandam (Media Papers from Musandam) by Dr. Khadija Al-Shihi.
The Cultural Club will host in this seminar Sheikh Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Saif Al-Aghbry, who worked in the Ministry of Interior for nearly 29 years. Sheikh Al-Aghbry participated in several seminars, research and specialized committees in the wilayats of the Sultanate, as well as wrote articles aimed at social and cultural affairs. He also authored a book published in 1988 on the description of Musandam Governorate, the second edition of which was published in 2001, and another book in two parts, entitled “The Sunni Masterpiece Describing the Interior Region”, within five wilayats: Bidbid, Sumail, Izki, Manah, Adam, Nizwa , Bahla, and Al-Hamra.
The Cultural Club also hosts Dr. Ibrahim bin Hassan bin Sulaiman Al-Balushi; He holds a doctorate degree from the University of Zitouna in Tunisia, specializing in Islamic sciences in 2010, and has experience in linguistic and typographical review of books, verification, indexing and preservation of manuscripts and documents, academic teaching, and serving researchers and scholars in the field of documents and manuscripts. He has participated in book exhibitions, manuscripts, documents and cultural weeks outside the Sultanate. He also prepared and presented religious lessons through audio-visual and print media, and has many books in different religious fields, in addition to research that has not yet been printed, and research working papers that he prepared and delivered in various forums.
Among the participants in this seminar is Dr. Khadija bint Suleiman Al-Shihi. She is a writer of theatrical scripts and social articles in local and international newspapers and magazines, a member of some civil society associations, and the author of news programs and a field reporter for the Sultanate of Oman TV. She holds a doctorate in the field of media from Mohammed I University, Oujda, Kingdom of Morocco. She also holds the best preparation for news programs in the Media Proficiency Award of the Third Media Family Forum 2018. The session will be moderated by Kholoud bint Zaid bin Muhammad Al-Kumzari, a journalism and electronic publishing graduate.
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