Do the words "the Arab region" mean the same thing as "the Middle East"? Is there any difference between “Islam” and “Arab”?
Answers to these questions can be found at the eighth Arab Cultural Festival that will take place from May 28 to June 23 in both Seoul and Busan.
This annual event is held in order to boost understanding about Arabic culture and countries. The organizer of the festival, the Korea-Arab Society, is an association between the Korean government and 22 Arabic governments and related organizations from across the region.
The festival is composed of three parts: the Arab Film Festival, a series of special lectures and finally a youth exchange program between Korea and Saudi Arabia.
The Arab Film Festival marks its fourth anniversary this year. It will be held on the theme “Journey Through the Arab” from June 4 to 10 at the Arthouse MOMO theater at Ewha Womans University in Seoul and at the Busan Cinema Center in Busan. It will feature ten movies from 22 Arabic countries. The opening movie is “From A to B,” directed by Ali F. Mustafa. The opening ceremony will be held at the Arthouse MOMO theater on June 4 where director Ali F. Mustafa and Nadine Naous, the director of "Home Sweet Home,” one of the ten screened films, will attend.
The film festival will include sideline events, such as meetings with film directors, experts in Arabic arts, and Arabic calligraphy events.
Special lectures will be given by ambassadors from Arabic countries in Korea and Korean experts and professors. The lecture program began with the Iraqi ambassador to Korea, Khalil Ismail Al-Mosawi, who spoke at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies on May 28. It will be followed by Omani Ambassador Mohamed Alharthy and Kuwaiti Ambassador Jasem Albudaiwi, each of whom will deliver a lecture at Dongguk University on June 11 and at Ewha Womans University on June 12, respectively.
People can also attend lectures by Korean professors at the Micimpact Jongno Theater in Jongno-gu District in Seoul. Professor Park Hyondo, from the Institute of Middle Eastern Affairs at Myongji University, will give a lecture on June 13. Professor Chang Se-won from the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at Dankook University will also deliver a lecture, on June 20.
More information about the festival is available at its homepage, serviced in Korean and English. http://fest.korea-arab.org/index.html
By Yoon Sojung
Korea.net Staff Writer
Photo: Korea-Arab Society
arete@korea.kr
Answers to these questions can be found at the eighth Arab Cultural Festival that will take place from May 28 to June 23 in both Seoul and Busan.
This annual event is held in order to boost understanding about Arabic culture and countries. The organizer of the festival, the Korea-Arab Society, is an association between the Korean government and 22 Arabic governments and related organizations from across the region.
The festival is composed of three parts: the Arab Film Festival, a series of special lectures and finally a youth exchange program between Korea and Saudi Arabia.
The Arab Film Festival marks its fourth anniversary this year. It will be held on the theme “Journey Through the Arab” from June 4 to 10 at the Arthouse MOMO theater at Ewha Womans University in Seoul and at the Busan Cinema Center in Busan. It will feature ten movies from 22 Arabic countries. The opening movie is “From A to B,” directed by Ali F. Mustafa. The opening ceremony will be held at the Arthouse MOMO theater on June 4 where director Ali F. Mustafa and Nadine Naous, the director of "Home Sweet Home,” one of the ten screened films, will attend.
The film festival will include sideline events, such as meetings with film directors, experts in Arabic arts, and Arabic calligraphy events.
A scene from 'From A to B', the opening film of the fourth Arab Film Festival.
The director of 'From A to B', Ali F. Mostafa (left).
Special lectures will be given by ambassadors from Arabic countries in Korea and Korean experts and professors. The lecture program began with the Iraqi ambassador to Korea, Khalil Ismail Al-Mosawi, who spoke at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies on May 28. It will be followed by Omani Ambassador Mohamed Alharthy and Kuwaiti Ambassador Jasem Albudaiwi, each of whom will deliver a lecture at Dongguk University on June 11 and at Ewha Womans University on June 12, respectively.
Iraqi Ambassador Khalil Ismail Al-Mosawi delivers a lecture at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies on May 28.
People can also attend lectures by Korean professors at the Micimpact Jongno Theater in Jongno-gu District in Seoul. Professor Park Hyondo, from the Institute of Middle Eastern Affairs at Myongji University, will give a lecture on June 13. Professor Chang Se-won from the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at Dankook University will also deliver a lecture, on June 20.
More information about the festival is available at its homepage, serviced in Korean and English. http://fest.korea-arab.org/index.html
People visit the Arabic modern art exhibition, one of the sideline events of the Arab Cultural Festival.
A special lecture is held on the theme of Arab society and the arts.
A poster for the eighth Arab Cultural Festival.
By Yoon Sojung
Korea.net Staff Writer
Photo: Korea-Arab Society
arete@korea.kr