The importance of the dialogue between civilizations

Collection title

Cultural and civilizational exchange

ID

BIB00056

Source

Bibliotheca Alexandrina (EG)

First broadcast date

10/12/2005

Production year

2005

Abstract

Dr Ahmed Morsi speaks about the importance of intercultural dialogue, with emphisis on the Mediterranean culture. He stasted his speech with a quotation from Taha Hussein's book " the future of culture in Egypt": there is no intellectual or cultural difference among the peoples that had arisen around the Roman Sea and had underwent its influence, but there are political and economic conditions that are favourable to some peoples and unfavourable to others".

Type

video

Production companies

• Library of Alexandria - Own production

Broadcaster

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Audiovisual form

Other

Personalities

• Morsi Ahmed

Primary theme

Human and social sciences

Secondary themes

• Society and way of life

Credits / Cast

• Morsi Ahmed - Participant

Period of events

• 2005

Map locations

• Egypt - Lower Egypt - Alexandria

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

12m16

Additional information