Thursday, June 9, 2022 – 10:57 PM
Sharjah, June 9/WAM/ The Arab Heritage Center of the Sharjah Institute for Heritage organized today at its headquarters a symposium on the occasion of the “International Archives Day”, which falls on the ninth of June every year under the slogan “You are the Archive”.
The seminar was attended by Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Musallam, President of the Institute, and a number of authorities, experts and specialists in the world of archives.
The symposium was divided into several topics, in which Maryam Juma Al-Mansoori, Head of Archiving Department at the Sharjah Documentation and Archives Authority, spoke regarding the “Sharjah Archive”, while Dr. Hosnia Muhammad Al-Ali, Advisor for Educational Programs at the National Archives and Library, addressed in her paper “Individual and Institutional Responsibilities in Preserving National Memory”, and the researcher focused Fatima Saif bin Hariz, Director of the Research and Studies Department at the Hamdan bin Mohammed Center for Heritage Revival, in her paper on “Initiatives of the Hamdan bin Mohammed Center for Heritage Revival” My Document Initiative.
The work of the symposium also included a hypothetical intervention by Dr. Muhannad Mubaideen, Director General of the Royal Jordanian Hashemite Documentation Center in Jordan, on the “Archive of Jordanian Institutions and its Status”.
The second session of the symposium dealt with a paper entitled “Al-Sarkal Family Archive” by Nasser bin Ahmed Al-Sarkal, President of the Al-Sarkal Cultural Foundation. Dr. Taha Muhammad Nour, the scientific supervisor of the Documents Department at the Majid Collection Center for Culture and Heritage, discussed the center’s experience in developing the international legalization of archival description. The symposium also included A hypothetical intervention from Abdul Rahman Al-Sadhan, Deputy Secretary-General of the King Abdulaziz Administration in Saudi Arabia, in which he touched on the efforts of the King Abdulaziz House in archiving historical documents.
Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Musallam said that World Archives Day is an important station and a main address in various topics of archiving, its importance and necessity, and from here we are keen, with our capabilities, expertise and experience, to translate this understanding into the archive, and this cannot be achieved without cooperation, coordination and joint work with strategic partners who have competencies Experience is what qualifies us all to achieve the goal, as the approach of cooperation and coordination is a well-established and consistent approach in Sharjah.
WAM/ Batoul Kashwani/Mohamed Nabil/ Zakaria Mohieldin
