On the occasion of the International Day of Francophonie, on March 20, the Lebanese National Commission for Unesco and the Lebanese University organized, under the patronage of the Minister of Culture, Mr. Gaby Layoun, an encounter with the Syrian francophone novelist Myriam Antaki, to discuss the French language and the francophone literature in Syria. Attendees were Mr. Michel de Chadarevian representing the Minister of Culture, the President’s representative before la Francophonie Prof. Khalil Karam, President of CNRS Prof. Georges Tohme, H.E Prof. Ibrahim Najjar, and other academic and literary personalities.
The encounter was followed by selected readings from francophone Lebanese writers, presented by two students of the University.
