Due to the cultural vacuum in
Qaraqush (Baghdede), and in order to enhance and raise the various
cultural potentials in the town, a group of intellectuals agreed to found a
cultural centre that would embrace and develop such gifts.
Following meetings held every now
and then for more than three months, a preparatory body was formed whose duty
it was to hold a founding conference in February 2004 in Dar Mar
Bolus for Ecclesiastical Services ( St. Pauls Centre for Ecclesiastical
Services) . Out of the conference emerged a managerial board of (13) members.
The board held its first meeting in 22 February 2004 to lay down the
broad lines of the centre’s work. And ever since its establishment, the centre
has been enjoying the generous material and moral support of Mr. Sarkis
Aghajan.
Formation of the Managerial Board
Following an elective conference,
the managerial board was formed headed by Mr. Sami Lalo Chahoola. Other
committees were formed out of the managerial board whose task has been to
activate the various activities of the centre such as: heritage revival
committee, scientific committee, cultural committee, sports committee, scouts
committee, and finance committee.
Members of the managerial board:
1. Wa’adallah Eliya: head
.
2. Nimrud Qasha:
secretary.
3. Shamma
Yalda Karroomi: secretary of finance/ member
4. Sabah Marzena
Zomaya: in charge of the heritage committee/ member
5. Hazim
‘Azer Kacho: in charge of the public relations committee/ member.
6. Nashwan
al-Qas Eliyas: in charge of the scientific committee/member.
7. Mu’ayad
Habeeb Zakko: in charge of the scouting committee/ member.
8. Sameer
Sliwa Mikho: in charge of the sports committee / member.
9. Khalil
Abdal Jando: in charge of the follow up committee/ member.
10. Matti
Isho’a Gethya: in charge of the popular troupe / member.
The centre has been issuing a
journal entitled Al-Muthaqaf Al-Seryani (The Cultured Syriac), a cultural,
hereditary and general quarterly of which 4 Nos have so far been issued.
Concessionaire: Fr. Luis Qasab
Editor in chief: Wa’adallh Eliya
Editing manager: Bashar
al-Baghdedi
Editing secretary: Nimrud Qasha
Desing and production: Nadir
‘Aulo
Photography: Matti Gethya.
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