Ministers of Culture, Tourism, Electricity, Energy, Youth, and Sports visited House of Manuscripts​


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Yemen News Agency SABA
Ministers of Culture, Tourism, Electricity, Energy, Youth, and Sports visited House of Manuscripts​
[11/ September/2024]
SANA'A - SABA: Today, the Ministers of Culture and Tourism, Dr. Ali Al-Yafei; Electricity, Energy, and Water, Dr. Ali Saif; and Youth and Sports, Dr. Muhammad Al-Mawlid, received a briefing on the operations of the Manuscripts House, the challenges it encounters, and potential solutions.

During their visit, the ministers became acquainted with the House's role in safeguarding Yemen's intellectual heritage, including the wealth of knowledge, manuscripts, and parchments it houses. These items are landmarks of Yemeni intellectual, cultural, literary, and historical heritage, with origins passed down through generations.

They listened to an explanation from those in charge of the house about the needs of the house to facilitate its work in preserving and preserving valuable manuscripts, and the difficulties facing its work, foremost of which is the electric current to operate the devices used in the maintenance and preservation of manuscripts.

The Minister of Culture and Tourism stressed the importance of the cooperation of the relevant authorities with the Manuscripts House, pointing out that preserving the cultural and intellectual heritage is a collective responsibility.

He pointed to the importance of raising the work in the house to the level of ambition, contributing to the advancement of the cultural and intellectual reality in the country, issuing books in various sciences and providing services to scholars, investigators, historians and researchers in Yemen's history and heritage, in a way that prevents falsification and misinformation, and rises to the level of confrontation with those who seek to obliterate the Yemeni identity.

He appreciated the interest of the Ministers of Electricity and Youth and the concerned who were keen to visit the home and see the progress of work in it and interact with the ministry in addressing the conditions of the house in order to achieve the public interest.