Tunis: A collective of Tunisian and foreign academics and intellectuals have recently issued a call for the inscription of Al-Muqaddimah (The Introduction ) by Tunisian scholar Ibn Khaldun on the Memory of the World Register of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). The collective "proposes the joint inscription of Al-Muqaddimah on the 'Memory of the World' register by all partners worldwide who preserve its manuscripts, have translated them, disseminated them, or simply valued them through critical or analytical work as shared heritage for all humanity." It notes a long and complex process of appropriation and patrimonialisation of the man and his work, initiated and transmitted from generation to generation, primarily in Tunis, his hometown. The collective, on Friday, organised a tour in the footsteps of Ibn Khaldun" in the Medina of Tunis. The departure was from the Tunis City Library, passing through the most emblematic places in the life of this native scholar o f Tunis, such as the Quranic School and Tourbet el Bey Street where Ibn Khaldun's house is located. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse
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