Tunis (INA) – The Director of Culture at the Arab Organization for Education, Culture and Science (ALECSO), Hayat Al-Qurmozi, revealed that the European Union is sponsoring the largest part of the cost of the Umayyad Trail project (a road taken by Caliph Abd al-Rahman al-Dakhil until he reached Andalusia), which exceeds 4 billion euros. The Umayyad Path project, which aims to encourage cultural tourism, falls within the framework of Euro-Mediterranean and cross-border cooperation, and is supervised by Spain through the Andalusian Heritage Institute. In addition to Tunisia, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Portugal and Italy are participating in the project, and the Arab organization seeks to include other countries such as Syria, Libya, Morocco and Algeria in the project. The Anatolia News Agency quoted Al-Qarmazi as saying, in a statement on the sidelines of a press conference held today, Friday, at the ALECSO headquarters in the capital Tunis, that this project aims to combat terrorism by educating young people that there is no place for terrorism in these areas, as Mediterranean civilizations are open and love life, culture, art and creativity, and therefore There is no place for extremism in these quarters. She added that cultural tourism enables the provision of important resources for the countries that adopt it, in addition to creating job opportunities, giving an opportunity for the cultural and creative industries of young people, employing their culture to advance it, and avoiding polarization by terrorist organizations. She added: The Umayyad path also has material goals by providing a cultural tourism product that compensates for what this Mediterranean region was known for being limited to beach tourism. According to the official in charge of the ALECSO, the Umayyad route is an ambitious plan represented in re-employing the route through which the last Umayyad caliphs Abd al-Rahman al-Dakhil Saqr Quraish crossed (113 AH / 731 AD - 172 AH / 788 AD) when he fled Damascus and penetrated all these roads located on the banks of the Mediterranean until he reached Andalusia, where he established a new Umayyad emirate. It is noteworthy that the project was launched in 2012 with the aim of developing the culture and tourism sectors in the Arab countries, as they are two main engines in the process of sustainable development. (End) pg
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