What they said غسان سلامة ×

We have the elements of an integrated plan, but we still lack the financial capabilities to implement the parts that require cost, and we are looking for grants.

We do not have enough Braille books, so we will seek grants to enhance libraries with Braille books.

Culture is a right for all, and enjoying cultural life is a right for every citizen, without any exception.

Reading has a fundamental role in developing critical thought and promoting dialogue between cultures.

Restoring Lebanon's heritage may require a whole generation

We are working here to produce a model of peaceful and fruitful cooperation

The Mseilha restoration project is exemplary because it brings together work between the public and private sectors with the aim of preserving and writing history

Arab culture is one, and it brings us together; the Arab market for books, songs and films is a single market, so we must work together for the economic recovery of both countries.

The goal of the exhibition is not to celebrate old paper, but to spread constitutional culture among young people and remind them that a state founded on a hundred-year-old constitution is alone the guarantor of their freedoms and rights.

In fact, this ministry has committed itself, as the trustee of national memory, to looking at pivotal events in our history and spreading awareness about them. That is why we commemorated the beginning of the civil war in the presence of the President of the State in an exhibition dedicated to the war that wounded us, and that is why we commemorated the fifth anniversary of the port explosion, when the President of the State and a number of colleagues were also present because it was an event that stirred emotions and killed hundreds of people. Today we commemorate the Lebanese Constitution for the same reason.

We remember in order to reflect

The constitution is a supreme text, but it is not a holy book