Dar Al Assad for Culture and Arts

National Network
Syria
Address

Located on the southern-eastern corner of the Umayyad Square, behind the Damascene Sword Statue, facing Al Assad National Library
Damascus
Syria

Telephone
00963 11 2458031
Telephone (other)
00963 11 2455835
Fax
00963 11 2456685
E-Mail
Opera-manager@mail.sy
E-Mail (2)
Opera-relations@mail.sy
Mobile Phone
00963 94 439330
Website
http://www.opera-syria.org
Organisation Type
Public Institution
Year of Establishment
2004
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Heritage
  3. International/Cultural relations
General Information
• Established by legislative decree no. /19/ of 2003 that states establishment of a general association named "Dar Al Assad for Culture and Arts.Government Institution subordinate to the Ministry of Culture – Number of staff 231 • 70 million Syrian Lira • Government allocation • Ministry of Culture
Mission and Objectives

• To spread, develop and enhance music and theatre cultures, and revive the cultural, public, and artistic national heritage.
• To inform the society of Arab as well as international arts of music and theatre
• To encourage national creativeness on artistic, social and cultural levels.
• To upgrade arts of music, theatre, and artistic dance.

Main Projects / Activities

Some of the future activities:
• A music symposium on the occasion of the 3rd death anniversary of the Syrian musician Najeeb Al-Sarraj
• A musical concert from Turkey given by Cihit Askin in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Damascus.
• A music concert given by the National Symphony Orchestra and in cooperation with Embassy of the Republic of Austria in Damascus,

Contact (1) Full Name
Mr Yasser Al Ayoubi
Head of the organisation
Dr Nabil Al -Lao
Contact (2) Full Name
Mr Mahmoud Shehab