The ministry of culture is seeking to buy a historical house in Jerusalem to turn it into a Bahraini cultural center, on account of protecting the Palestinian heritage, for its historical value, from exposure to destruction or confiscation.
this morning, received a delegation of the Royal Charity Organization (RCO) led by Secretary-General, Dr. Mustafa Al Sayed, to discuss the Twinning Project and to be briefed on the results of the RCO’s delegation’s recent visit to the State of Palestine that included meeting the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, visiting a number of Palestinian areas, orphan houses, cultural centers and meeting with the concerned officials with social and cultural development, in the context of protecting the Arabian heritage.
Dr. Al-Sayed said the visit to Palestine had resulted in holding a number of discussions on implementing a number of development and relief projects in health, educational and cultural areas, and added, in line with directives of HM King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and keen interest of Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, RCO will sign an agreement with the United Nations Development Programme UNDP to help the Palestinians by establishing a Bahraini culture center and library in the occupied city of Jerusalem, in order to activate the role of culture there and to contribute to the protection of the Arabian cultural identity in Jerusalem, thus, the Kingdom of Bahrain is the first Arab country to contribute to the strategy of maintaining the Jerusalem’s Arabian identity.