Culture Resource is pleased to announce the participants in this year’s Cultural Policy workshop which will be held in Tunis from 20 to 26 November 2019.

The Cultural Policy workshop is dedicated to the exchange of knowledge and expertise on cultural policies in the region and to the role that researchers and cultural actors play in formulating and/or proposing reforms to cultural policies at the local, national, regional and international levels by carrying out and producing the necessary research, analyses, studies and reports on the state of culture in the Arab region. 

Participants:

  1. Amira Elsebaai, Egypt/ Cultural researcher
  2. Cheikh Elhassene Elbembary, Mauritania/ Cultural actor at Teranim
  3. Hatem Zir, Tunisia/ Cultural researcher
  4. Hosam Elthani, Libya/ Cultural actor and researcher
  5. Razan Mbaideen, Jordan/ Cultural manager
  6. Reem Khatib, Syria/ Director of Open Art Space
  7. Shireen Allan, Palestine/ Head of Anata Culture Center’s administrative board
  8. Abderrahmane Allal, Morocco/ Cultural Researcher
  9. Mohamed Abdel Dayem, Egypt/ Director of The Agency EG LLC
  10. Meriem Mehadji, Algeria/ Professor and cultural researcher
  11. Nelly Abboud, Lebanon/ Cultural manager and director of Museolab – The Cultural Lab
  12. Youssef Soubai, Morocco/ Researcher in cultural affairs and heritage conservation

We received 278 applications and they were evaluated by a jury consisting of:

  • Dr. Hanan kassab hassan, Syria/ Professor
  • Bilel Aboudi, Tunisia/ Specialist in cultural policies for development
  • Emad Abou-Ghazi, Egypt/ Professor at Cairo University