The Accompanying Records Exhibition
The Accompanying Records Exhibition
The National Records and Archives Authority will conclude tomorrow its 4 days participation in its records exhibition organized on occasion of the 31st World Congress of the International Federation of Journalists, hosted by the Sultanate of Oman represented by the Omani Journalists Association at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Center in Muscat. In this regard, Dr. Hanan Mahmoud, Director of Records Exhibition Department stated that the exhibition contains a valuable collection of press articles released in Omani newspapers and magazines since the founding of Al-Najah newspaper in 1911 by Sheikh Nasser bin Salem bin Adiem Al-Rawahi Al-Bahlani. She added that the exhibition displays articles and news released in the local press of East Africa like Al-Falaq newspaper, Al-Nahda newspaper, the official Gazette, Al-Maarifa newspaper and other newspapers that were established since the seventies. In addition, it sheds light world press through displaying articles and news about Oman and its sultans released in the first pages of some European, American and Asian newspapers since 1841. Dr. Hanan concluded that the exhibition includes more than 66 records that varied between news, articles, correspondence, photos and drawings extracted from local, Arab, Asian, European and American press.