TEHRAN Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance will allocate part of the funds from all cultural and art events in the country to support the people of Palestine, it was announced here on Sunday. The Alireza Tabesh, secretary of the council of deputies of the ministry quoted the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ataollah Mohajerani as saying at the meeting of the council that all his colleagues in the ministry should set part of cultural events to the issue of Intifada. Mohajerani said, "The Palestinian art and literature is as neglected as the people of Palestine and in the year which has been designated the Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations, the ground should be laid for dialogue between the Palestinian and Iranian scholars, poets, writers, researchers and artists." On the activities of the ministry in relation to Palestine, Tabesh said choosing the title of "The Qoran Is a Shelter for Palestine" for the Eighth International Exhibition of Qoran in Tehran, selecting the best research work on Palestine in the Research Week, and honoring the best book written on Palestine are among the programs of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance to support Intifada. He added the holding of an exhibition of the works of Palestinian caricaturist Naji Ali and an exhibition of Palestinian painters in Tehran are two more programs carried out by the ministry.
Tabesh said an exhibition of Iranian painters is scheduled to be held in Tehran and the revenues earned from the sales of tickets will be spent to help Intifada. He said a theatrical and a music group from Palestine will also participate in the art events marking the 22nd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution to be held in Tehran in February.
(IRNA)