Via Faten Omar
KUWAIT: The French Analysis Heart of the Arabian Peninsula (CEFREPA) arranged on Sunday an exhibition titled “France and Kuwait: a Friendship of Extra Than Two Centuries” in cooperation with the Nationwide Council for Tradition, Arts and Literature (NCCAL) on the Nationwide Library of Kuwait.
In a press commentary, French Ambassador to Kuwait Claire Le Flecher praised the very good and ancient members of the family that unite the 2 international locations in more than a few fields, announcing the shut members of the family between Kuwait and France had been manifested amongst others through the expansion in efforts to result in collaboration in sectors and forged ties.
Le Flecher famous the intensity of the joint members of the family and cooperation between the 2 international locations in navy, political and cultural fields, at the side of sturdy financial members of the family because the Kuwaitis’ business in pearls ahead of the invention of oil. She stressed out the exhibition got here as a part of the sixtieth anniversary of outstanding diplomatic members of the family between France and Kuwait, indicating the exhibition showcases the start of non-diplomatic members of the family between the 2 aspects, which used to be written through a number of French vacationers who roamed the area prior to now, along with France’s early pastime within the Arabian Gulf area and Kuwaitis’ need to ascertain ties with the French.
Director of CEFREPA Makram Abbes mentioned the exhibition sheds mild at the historical past of Kuwaiti-French members of the family because the seventeenth century through French cartographer Nicolas Sanson, the place the exhibition aimed to discover to be had paperwork and unpublished archives that show off the intensity of members of the family between the 2 international locations.
“Archived paperwork, maps, pictures and movies display a reminiscence of moments and ancient ties prior to now – a long-lasting friendship that unfolds all through a number of contexts and fields, encompassing now not handiest politico-military contacts but in addition cultural influences, medical collaborations in addition to financial members of the family,” he added.
Sheikh Duaij Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah expressed pleasure to wait the exhibition, praising the efforts exerted in maintaining it to offer the hidden historical past of Kuwait. “We are hoping such exhibitions proceed. I want different international locations prepare an identical exhibitions to show off the historical past of the connection of Kuwait with different international locations,” he mentioned, stressing that this initiative is a brilliant step within the course of creating bilateral members of the family with France.
The exhibition showcases joint members of the family after the invention of oil in Kuwait and technological and medical cooperation, which supported the commercial members of the family between the 2 international locations, along with the beginning of diplomatic members of the family after Kuwait’s independence. It highlights the French-Kuwaiti archaeological project that performed excavations on Failaka Island.
The exhibition additionally highlights positive unpublished paperwork thematically. It presentations the longest first French textual content written on Kuwait and the Arab Gulf in 1902 through French traveler Gaston Bordat and lines French-speaking resources, which just like the Cairo mag Photographs, deal with other scenes of existence within the nation like pearl diving and discovery of oil. Different fabrics are from the selection of the French Nationwide Audiovisual Institute (INA) and pictures and diplomatic paperwork from French Nationwide Archives.