Emad Murad - Doha

A year of knowledge and cultural exchange with France announced by Qatar today in an annual tradition since 2012, as Qatar Museums cooperate with a different country every year in activities that contribute to enhancing understanding between the two countries and provide an opportunity for their peoples to learn about the culture, customs and creativity of the other party.

After the conclusion of the cultural year between Qatar and India, which was full of activities during the past year, the year 2020 will be on a date with a series of cultural and entertainment activities with France within the framework of the Qatar-French Cultural Year, which will provide the public in the two countries with distinctive experiences full of fun and excitement, and to express the close relations between Doha And Paris.

The ninth edition of the Year of Culture program - which was revealed today during a press conference at the Qatar National Museum - will include a wide range of exhibitions, festivals, and knowledge and cultural exchange activities that will take place over a period of 12 months in Qatar and France.

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launch of the events will take place on the tenth of January, when the Qatar Opera House in the Cultural Village "Katara" will host a concert by the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra by playing a bouquet of distinctive French music classics under the leadership of Marc Bollet, one of the most interesting and diverse people of his era in the field of music. .

Part of attending the press conference announcing the activities of the Qatar-French Cultural Year (Al-Jazeera Net)

In February, the Palais de Tokyo will host a prominent exhibition in contemporary art entitled "The World is Burning", organized by the Arab Museum of Modern Art and the Tokyo Palace in Paris.

The exhibition will include works by artists from Qatar and the Gulf region, in addition to the Doha Film Institute’s participation in a number of film screenings at the Cannes International Film Festival and the "Clermont Ferrand" Short Film Festival, as well as the "Qatari Culture Week" which will be held in October 2020 at the Institute. The Arab world in Paris.

In March, the Garage Gallery will organize an exhibition entitled “Picasso's Studios” in the Fire Station. The exhibition will include a collection of masterpieces created by artist Pablo Picasso, one of the most famous artists of the twentieth century, works that will be borrowed from the National Picasso Museum in Paris, and the same month will also host an exhibition By the artist Ito Parada.

In the fall of this year, the temporary exhibition hall at the National Museum of Qatar will host an exhibition under the supervision of the famous French art historian Catherine Grunier that discusses the topic of the tremendous Parisian innovation in modern art, while the Qatar Museums Gallery - Al Riwaq will review works by the contemporary French artist Philippe Bareno, in addition to many Other events that will be announced during the current year.

Constant contact


, and Qatari Minister of Culture and Sports Salah bin Ghanem Al-Ali believes that his country is in constant contact with all peoples of the world and welcomes them on its soil through many activities, but the activities specially designed for the cultural year have a special character and a distinctive position and enjoy great interest and participation.

The Qatari Minister of Culture and Sports confirms that his country encourages cooperation with all peoples of the world (Al Jazeera Net)

The Qatari minister expressed his aspiration for the Qatar-French Cultural Year to achieve the desired goals, to introduce France to the best of Qatar and to bring the best of France to Qatar, calling on the Qatari and French people to share their ideas and experiences, and to seize this opportunity to strengthen their relations.

The French ambassador to Qatar, Frank Gilley, agreed with the statements of the Qatari Minister of Culture and Sports, stressing that the Qatar France 2020 Year of Culture Program will continue to enhance the language of mutual understanding and consolidate friendship and support between the two countries, expressing his pride in this cooperation between the two sides.

Jili added that the Year of Culture program coincides with wonderful Qatari-French relations in all fields, enumerating the aspects of cooperation witnessed last year by saying, "We exchanged high-level visits and signed seven important agreements in the fields of defense, security, higher education and culture, not to mention the level of vital bilateral trade cooperation between Our two countries, which are currently flourishing, have recently increased by a remarkable 33% during the year, in addition to the tremendous cooperation in cultural fields. "

As for the head of the cultural years section at Qatar Museums, Aisha Al-Attiyah stressed in a statement to Al-Jazeera Net that the aim of the cultural years - which Qatar is keen to launch annually - is to encourage the masses in Qatar and the countries of the cultural years to cultural exchange, knowledge and understanding of the other, stressing that the cultural year does not end At the end of the year, but it continues according to the frameworks of cooperation witnessed in the cultural year, and is encouraged even after the end of the cultural year.

Regarding the significance of announcing the cultural year with France at the National Museum of Qatar, Al-Attiyah said that the place of the announcement is of great significance, as this edifice is a title for cultural exchange between the two countries, given that the designer of the Qatar National Museum is the French architect Jean Nouvel, as well as that this museum is A portal opened by Qatar for cultural cooperation with the world.