Salem Thabet Al-Awlaki, Chairman of the National Media Authority and Official Spokesman of the Southern Transitional Council, received today in his office musician Ahmed Saleh Bin Godel, Director General of the Culture Office in the capital, Aden.

In the meeting, Al-Awlaki stressed that Aden is the city of culture and art that has remained over the past decades a beacon of cultural, artistic and lyrical enlightenment and embraced pioneers of culture and art until its influence extended to the island and the Arab region.

Al-Awlaki pointed out that this city still contains talents and creators in all creative fields despite the cases of exclusion and marginalization that have been practiced for three decades, indicating that this creative energies must be harnessed and benefited from in restoring the creative and cultural leadership role of the south and the capital, Aden.

Al-Awlaki stressed that the Culture Office in the capital, Aden, has a vital role in benefiting from the creative youth energies and the accumulated experiences that the city has accumulated through sponsoring and implementing cultural and artistic activities, revitalizing theaters, revitalizing cultural and artistic centers and forums, and organizing concerts and singing evenings.

Al-Awlaki had received from Mr. Ben Goodell an overview of the office’s work, the cultural and artistic activities it is implementing, and the projects it intends to undertake, and he learned about the difficulties and obstacles that stand in the way of implementing the office’s plans and its cultural and artistic projects.

In this regard, Al-Awlaki stressed the interest of the National Southern Media Authority and its readiness to contribute to enhancing cultural and artistic activity in the capital, Aden, in order to restore its pioneering role in culture and art.