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Dar Al Assad for Culture and Arts
National Network
Syria
Address
Located on the southern-eastern corner of the Umayyad Square, behind the Damascene Sword Statue, facing Al Assad National Library Damascus SyriaCountry
SyriaCity
DamascusStreet address 2
Located on the southern-eastern corner of the Umayyad Square, behind the Damascene Sword Statue, facing Al Assad National LibraryMobile Phone
00963 94 439330Telephone
00963 11 2458031E-Mail (2)
Opera-relations@mail.syWebsite
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2004Contact Person1
Mr Yasser Al AyoubiContact Person 2
Mr Mahmoud ShehabOrganisation Type
Public InstitutionFields of Activity
ArtsGeneral Information
• Established by legislative decree no. /19/ of 2003 that states establishment of a general association named "Dar Al Assad for Culture and Arts.Government Institution subordinate to the Ministry of Culture – Number of staff 231 • 70 million Syrian Lira • Government allocation • Ministry of CultureMission and Objectives
• To spread, develop and enhance music and theatre cultures, and revive the cultural, public, and artistic national heritage. • To inform the society of Arab as well as international arts of music and theatre • To encourage national creativeness on artistic, social and cultural levels. • To upgrade arts of music, theatre, and artistic dance.Main Projects / Activities
Some of the future activities: • A music symposium on the occasion of the 3rd death anniversary of the Syrian musician Najeeb Al-Sarraj • A musical concert from Turkey given by Cihit Askin in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Damascus. • A music concert given by the National Symphony Orchestra and in cooperation with Embassy of the Republic of Austria in Damascus,