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â€œAncient Bakuâ€ published within Cultural Year â€œBaku â€“ Islamic Culture Capital 2009â€ presented

19 February 2009 11:52 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Ulkar Gasimovaâ€“APA. A presentation ceremony of â€œAncient Bakuâ€, the book published within the Cultural Year â€œBaku â€“ Islamic Culture Capital 2009â€, took place on Thursday in the Akhundov National Library.
The book written by Chingiz Ghajar is about the antiquity of Baku, the Islamic Culture Capital. Minister of Culture and Tourism delivered speech at the event and informed the guests that the bookâ€™s author is from the Ghajar dynasty.
â€œBaku is the ancient and at the same time modern city. We are living and seeing modern Baku. The city saved its antiquity and at the same time is developed and modernized day by day and becomes more interesting for the local residents and foreign guests as wellâ€.
The minister said the book would be translated to English to be presented to the foreign readers. ISESCO Director General Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri, Executive Director of the Friends of Azerbaijani Culture Foundation Ibrahim Guliyev, Deputy Minister of Culture of Georgia Marine Chokashvili and others also spoke at the event.