[From the French language press]:Les travaux du 10ème congrès International des Etudes Somali, inaugurés jeudi dernier par le Premier ministre, M.Dileita Mohamed Dileita, se sont clôturés ce soir au Palais du Peuple, en présence d’une cinquantaine de chercheurs et d’intellectuels issus de divers horizons.
A.D.I. Agence Djiboutienne d'Information - Republic of Djibouti - samedi 15 décembre 2007
The proceedings of the 10th International Conference of Somali Studies, inaugurated last Thursday [Dec. 13] by the Prime Minister Mr Dileita Mohamed Dileita, were closed this evening [Dec. 15] at the Palais du Peuple, in the presence of about fifty scholars and intellectuals from different horizons.
Animated by several local and international scholars, including Professor Lee V. Cassanelli (University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) and Professor Giorgio Banti (University of Naples, Italy), the work of this 10th congress ranged in topics relating to the Somali literature, Sufism and Islam, and culture and identity of the Somali people.
[More on Djibouti at Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djibouti]
[Picture: Map of Djibouti. Photo from: African Studies, University of Pennsylvania, PA, U.S.A.
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Country_Specific/Djibouti.html].
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