The Russian version of the stories of the “Future’s Writers-1” project has been launched under the patronage of His Excellency Mr. Salah Bin Ghanim Al Ali, Minister of Culture and Sports.

The project is implemented by Qatar Charity (International Humanitarian Organization) in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Sports, the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Qatar University, “Khair Jalees” Book Club, Dar Rosa Publishing and Barwa Bank.

The launch of the Russian version came within the framework of the Qatar-Russia 2018 Year of Culture. The version will be available in the Qatari pavilion at the Moscow International Book Fair two days later.

The ceremony held in the House of Wisdom at the Ministry of Culture and Sports yesterday, was attended by CEO of Qatar Charity, Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Kuwari, Ibrahim Hashim Al-Sada, president of Qatari Forum For Authors and Aisha Al Kuwari, CEO of Dar Rosa Publishing in addition to the cultural counselor at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Qatar

The “Future’s Writers” project is aimed at improving students' writing skills and nurturing their talents in creativity.

The idea of the project is to hold writing competitions among students and to provide workshops to improve their skills.

Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Kuwari, CEO of Qatar Charity expressed his pleasure at launching the Russian version of the stories of the “Future’s Writers-1” project, considering that this will contribute to spreading the Qatari culture and introducing the local young talents to the world. 

Al-Kuwari added that the upcoming versions of the project would be better and more inclusive and incentives would be provided to all students participating in the project’s competitions.

Al-Kuwari thanked the Ministry of Culture and Sports and other QC’s partners for this important effort.

Ibrahim Hashim Al-Sada, president of Qatari Forum For Authors congratulated Qatar Charity (International Humanitarian Organization) for its efforts and considered the charity an important partner of the Ministry and the Qatari Forum For Authors in drawing the cultural image of Qatar in the future. He also expressed his hope to strengthen this partnership and expand the scope of translating the books of the upcoming versions of the project.

The cultural counselor at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Qatar said the translated stories would play a key role in strengthening relations between the Qatari and Russian peoples.

Under the patronage of His Excellency Salah Bin Ghanim Al Ali, Minister of Culture and Sports, Qatar Charity (International Charity Organization) launched the third edition of its "Future’s Writers" program during a ceremony held at the House of Wisdom at the Ministry's headquarters, aiming at promoting young Qatari talents.

The ceremony was attended by Ibrahim Hashim Al Sada, President of the Qatari Forum of Authors and Advisor to the Minister of Culture and Sports, Mohammad Rashid Al Kaabi, Assistant to the CEO in the Communication and Resource Development Sector at Qatar Charity, Masoud Al-Yami, Manager of Communications at Qatar University, and Aisha Al Kuwari, CEO of Dar Rosa Publishing, Dr. Latifa Al-Darwish, Media Representative of  the “Khair Jalees” Book Club,  Ahmed Al Ali, Director of QC’s Media and Communication Department, Adel Lamy Director of QC’s Public Relations Department, Ahmed Abdullah Media and Adel Abdullah, both media persons as well as a number of officials from the Ministry of Culture and Sports and Qatar Charity in addition to many social media influencers and those interested in cultural affairs.

Addressing the ceremony, Mohammad Rashid Al Kaabi, Assistant to the CEO in the Communication and Resource Development Sector at Qatar Charity, said "Qatar Charity is pleased a with the good results and impacts of the" Future’s Writers" program, the most important of which is providing the cultural arena of our country with promising writers.  Moreover, the program’s both editions; first and second, were widely accepted and highly appreciated as well as the first edition has been translated into Russian in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Sport and presented at the Moscow International Book Fair this month."

He added that this edition is comprehensive, thus students from all academic stages (primary, preparatory and secondary) and from any schools operating in Qatar, including government, private and international, can participate in the competition.

Al-Kaabi stressed the determination of Qatar Charity to continue its efforts to develop this program, extending his gratitude and thanks to all the success partners including Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Ministry of Culture and Sports, Qatar University, Qatari Forum For Authors, Dar Rosa Publishing, “Khair Jalees” Book Club, and the program sponsor Barwa Bank.

The ceremony included a presentation, which highlighted the most important outputs of the previous editions of the program. The ceremony also witnessed the participation of two winners in the second edition, Mohammed Abdullah Al-Marri and Sharifa Al-Ansari, who thanked all the partners and supporters of the program, which contributes to the discovery of the young talents in Qatar.

On the sidelines of the ceremony, Ibrahim Hashim Al-Sada, President of the Qatari Forum of Authors and Advisor to the Minister of Culture and Sports, that the ministry is pleased with its partnership in the program which brought together many individuals and institutions interested in culture and literature, considering that this partnership is an opportunity to create a better cultural future.

Aisha Al Kuwari, CEO of Dar Rosa Publishing, said both Qatar Charity and Dar Rosa have the same goal within the framework of this program and it is to support Qatari authors and young talents. She also confirmed all support for this edition through printing, publishing and distributing.

For her part, Dr. Latifa Al-Darwish, Media Representative of the “Khair Jalees” Book Club, said the club encourages people to read literature, considering that investment in human minds is the best at all.

Qatar Charity, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, had held an introductory meeting at the ministry to explain the idea of the program, additions and amendments made to the current edition as well as mechanisms of the competition and the conditions of participation.

The “Future’s Writers” program is one of Qatar Charity Projects, which is implemented within the State of Qatar. It is concerned with the development of students' writing skills through the competition.

Khair Jalees Book Club hosted two promising writers, winners in the second edition of Qatar Charity’s (QC) “Future’s Writers” program, in a literary evening to discuss their stories and the experience in developing their writing abilities through the program. The hosting of the discussion session came as part of the current edition of the program.

The discussion started with a speech given by Mustafa Shaikh Ali, moderator, on the importance of reading and its role in building the human, encouraging the attendees to read and write.

Then, Ali has introduced both promising writers to the attendees as Mohammed Al Marri, currently a student at the Faculty of Engineering and Moataz Al-Abrash, an eighth-grade student.

Talking about his story during the discussion, Al Marri said “it is a real story” as it includes facts like those happen every day in our lives." He also expressed his happiness with the participation in this discussion and thanked the club for hosting as well as Qatar Charity and Dar Rosa Publishing for providing the opportunity to demonstrate their creative writing talents.

For his part, Moataz Al-Abrash spoke about his winning story, which included student adventures during a cruise, highlighting the basic valuable content of the story, which is about the relationship between the father and the son, cooperation among friends, and humanity.

Commenting on the stories, Ahmed Al-Alawi, an Omani writer and novelist, said “both writers have shown their great writing skills and the ability to properly use the tools of the story in their works.”

Mansoor Saeed, an Eritrean writer, said “we have witnessed creative and professional skills of the promising writers while discussing their stories.” He wished them further progress in their writings.

The literary evening was organized as part of a group within the club, entitled “Iqra Wartaqi”, which literally means ‘read and rise’. The group aims at spreading the culture of reading through reading and discussing a book every month.

The “Future’s Writers” program is one of QC’s projects, which is implemented within Qatar. It is concerned with the development of students' writing skills through the competition. The program is being implemented for the third consecutive year by Qatar Charity in cooperation with its various partners including the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Ministry of Culture and Sports, Qatar University, Dar Rosa Publishing, Khair Jalees Book Club and program’s sponsor, Barwa Bank.