Literature

The "Art Dreams" Foundation has invested its long and diverse experiences for about 15 years in the field of art and culture at the local and international levels, and its latest work is a project idea that embodies the reality and is titled JILTAF - "Lyon International Days for Arab and Francophone Theater," which is considered the first and unique experimental version of its kind held in the city of Lyon, which began from September 18 to the 27 of the same month. The Palestinian artist Rawhi Ayadi, the initiator of the idea and initiative, and the project coordinator, has gained the trust of the municipality of Lyon, the French Institute, and local French and Arab cultural institutions, in addition to a group of French artists and writers interested in developing cultural relations between the Arab world and France. Through this project, Ayadi seeks to develop a plan for the coming years to hold training workshops and joint cultural artistic performances within the framework of partnership and cultural cooperation agreements. The primary goal of the Art Dreams Foundation is to strengthen cooperation between the Arab and Francophone worlds by publishing exchange meetings that bring together artists and writers, whether from France or the Arab countries, and presenting new workshops for Arab and Franconian dramatic writers coming from the partner regions of the city of Lyon and its environs. This year's session, entitled "At the Dawn of Two Nights 2019," is directed at the category of young authors in the field of (Arabic-Francophone) drama, especially writers from the Maghreb, in addition to writers from the Middle East and the Gulf. This course depends on two main points: The first: encouraging and training dramatic writing in Arab countries. Second: The difficulty of recognizing authors who write in Arabic/French in their countries. This meeting represents a platform for developing the capabilities of young people by producing a mini-literary work of art through the course that is presented to the public in the form of dramatic readings. The project also aims to open opportunities to build future artistic projects and follow them up with specialists and donors in France and the Arab countries.