Naji Naaman's Foundation For Gratis Culture (Fgc)

The Foundation is trying to globalize free of charge culture by launching and promoting various cultural activities for free, i. e.:
* Ath-Thaqfa bil-Majjan (since 1991), series of free of charge literary books, with hundreds of published books in dozens of languages and dialects.
* Naji Naaman’s Literary Prizes (since 2002), opened worldwide, awarded to authors of the most emancipated literary works (in content and style) and aiming to revive and develop human values. The prizes’ annual yearbook is published in dozens of languages and dialects, and laureates may see their works published and distributed within the aforesaid free of charge series.
* Naji Naaman’s Targeted Literary Prizes (since 2007), awarded to Arab authors who must write in four themes: The defense and the advance of Arabic language; human virtues; the consolidation of family ties; moral literature for children. Laureates shall see their works published and distributed within the free of charge series.
* Public kiosks for free of charge books (since 2008), offered to various establishments, mainly pedagogical and cultural institutions, in order to facilitate the distribution of free of charge books to the public.
* Website (www.najinaaman.org, in English, Arabic and French, since 2008), where activities and news are exposed and free books as well as other books may be consulted for free.
* Wednesdays’ Meetings (Naji Naaman’s Literary and Cultural Salon and Writing Workshop, since 2008), held six times each season, and where men and women of achievements are guests of honour. An annual free book shall gether all speeches, discussions and photos.
* Library of Series and Complete Works (since 2008, inaugurated in 2012), aiming to preserve international cultural heritage and offering the same to researchers and students.
* Mitri & Angélique Naaman’s Commemorative Room (inaugurated in 2012), where decorations, manuscripts and other personal things of late Mitri Naaman (1912-1994) and his wife Angélique Bacha (1925-2000) are exhibited to public with no entrance fees.
* The International Day for Gratis Culture (since 2012), celebrated on May, 19 of each year all over the world by the FGC’s ambassadors. Various free of charge cultural activities are given to the public.
* Cultural Tourism (since 2012): The Foundation encourages cultural tourism by receiving different groups in its premises, and by initiating and inciting people to write, publish, maintain libraries and preserve the heritage of outstanding writers, scientists and artists.
* Writers Museum – Fingermarks (since 2013): Writers will have to choose the very best of their writings (in prose or poetry), to write it and sign it, to put their fingermarks on the paper, then to recite it in audiovisual.