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L'Institut du monde arabe presents 'Eastern Christians, 2000 years of History'
IMA the Arab World Institute presents its new exhibition 'Eastern Christians, 2000 years of History' from 26 September 2017 to 14 January 2018.
It is in Palestine that the Gospels place the preaching of Christ, and it is between the Mediterranean and the Euphrates, along the Nile, and on the banks of the Bosporus, that the new religion developed and set down roots before spreading.
Today, in spite of all of the vicissitudes of ancient and contemporary history, Christians in the Middle East are not residual traces of a defunct past, but real stakeholders in an Arab world the construction of which they contributed to enormously.
It is to tell their particular histories as fullfledged components of the countries in which they live (Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, and Palestine) that IMA the Arab World Institute presents this exhibition.
The exhibition ‘Eastern Christians: 2000 years of History’ is an immersion in the Christian communities of the Middle East.
While the French expression «chrétiens d’Orient» (Christians of the East), which originated in the 19th century, includes populations living in a territory stretching from Turkey to Iran, this exhibition focuses on the ‘Holy Land’ and the current territories of Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq.
To present Eastern Christians is to make it possible to grasp their history and diversity. It is also to make clear the major role these communities have played in the political, cultural, intellectual, and religious development of that geographic zone. The region, by turns Roman, Byzantine, Muslim, and Ottoman before the emergence of Arab nationalist movements, is currently at the heart of deep concerns.
Beyond the preservation of tangible and intangible heritage, the diversity of the Arab world and its rich history are at stake.
The exhibition ‘Eastern Christians - 2000 Years of History’ will be on display at the MuBA Eugène Leroy, Fine Arts Museum of Tourcoing, from 22 February to 12 June 2018.
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