Centre of culture.EDUCATION Minister Dr Majid Al Nuaimi yesterday attended the inauguration INAUGURATION. This word was applied by the Romans to the ceremony of dedicating some temple, or raising some man to the priesthood, after the augurs had been consulted. It was afterwards applied to the installation (q.v. of a new study centre at the University of Bahrain which provide students with the resources to learn about the French language and culture. It was opened by the president of the Paris-based Arab World Institute The Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA) or Arab World Institute (AWI), in English, was established during 1980 in Paris, when 18 Arab countries concluded an agreement with France to establish the Institute to disseminate information about the Arab world and set in motion detailed Dominique Baudis during an event held under the patronage of His Majesty
The centre will cater to students with a high level of language competency and will enable them to enrol in French universities. Its opening coincided with the visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who was in Bahrain as part of a whistle-stop tour Noun 1. whistle-stop tour - a tour by a candidate as part of a political campaign in which a series of small towns are visited; "in 1948 Truman crossed the country several times on his whistle-stop tours" of the Gulf. Copyright 2009 Gulf Daily News Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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