Nizami Ganjavi center to open office at Library of Alexandria
By Nigar Orujova
The Nizami Ganjavi International Center plans to open its representative office at the world-famous Library of Alexandria in Egypt.
Ismail Serageldin, director of the Library of Alexandria and co-chair of the International Nizami Ganjavi Center, will supervise the office.
The mission is to coordinate the activity of the Center and promote Azerbaijani culture not only in Egypt, but also in the Middle East and Africa.
The cultural and educational project is implemented by the Center and the Library of Alexandria, with the support of the Azerbaijani State Committee for Work with Diaspora and the Azerbaijani Embassy in Egypt.
As part of the project a bust of great Azerbaijani poet Nizami Ganjavi will be installed and a Nizami Ganjavi section will open at the library.
Serageldin will visit Baku in July to discuss issues related to the project.
Nizami Ganjavi International Center with its head office in Azerbaijan's second largest city, Ganja, was established in September 2012 to increase awareness of the great works of Nizami Ganjavi, to help return his masterpieces to the homeland, to serve as a depository for Nizami's works, and to further develop the values embodied in his works through community engagement.
Nizami Ganjavi, the 12th century greatest representative of the Eastern Renaissance, displayed the quintessence of world literature and philosophy in his immortal work Khamsa (Five), via the aesthetic power of his art.