The Cultural Initiative, based in the Emirate of Sharjah, highlighted its experience during a dialogue session where visitors to the New Delhi International Book Fair and cultural elites participated in the success story of distributing home libraries containing 50 books on each Emirati house In Sharjah.
The session was moderated by the Executive Director of the UAE Publishers Association, Rashid Al-Kous, the founder of Dar Sadiqat Publishing, Sala Gabesh, founder of Dar Al-Takhil Publishing and Distribution, the treasurer of the UAE Publishers Association Mohammed Bin Dakhin, and the Director of the Culture Without Borders Initiative.
"The initiative was initiated by His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qassimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, who wished to be the focus of Estidama in the project of intellectual and cultural development of the emirate of Sharjah," said Salha Gabesh, a founding member of the Culture Without Borders Initiative. And the UAE, and was implemented with the active follow-up of Sheikha Bint Bint Sultan Al Qassimi, Founder and President of the UAE Publishers Association, Vice President of the International Federation of Publishers ».
Mohammed Bin Dakhin described "culture without borders" as a pioneering and noble experience, because it is based on building civilization and knowledge. He said that the initiative was a turning point in the UAE cultural mobility, being the first of its kind in the world, which provides each family with a private library, and follows up on their readers' interest in reading and seeks to encourage them.
"The Culture Without Borders initiative is an integrative initiative aimed at covering all social groups. It includes a number of projects, in addition to a library for each home, the Mobile Library Project, which aims to provide books everywhere. The Emirate of Sharjah, and the Culture Car, which targets hospitals, and seeks to provide books for patients and their companions, to spend their time in a useful and enjoyable way ». "We do not just distribute books to families, we organize workshops for parents and children to understand their tastes and trends, introduce them to the importance of reading, to work on the development of book selection mechanisms. We also consider the design of a home library to be table-shaped and accessible to anyone at any time. , And launched several initiatives aimed at enhancing the social value of reading, such as "Take a Book and Leave a Book", a project to exchange books between neighbors and acquaintances.