Qatar Youth Hostels (QYH) concluded its annual trip under Discover the World programme with a visit to Andalusia in Spain to discover its civilisation on a week-long trip.
This trip came within the framework of QYH’s vision to encourage young people to discover the world and to have a high degree of awareness and ability to interact positively with all
civilisations.
Participants were able to see the major cultural monuments in Andalusia, most notably the city of Toledo, the Mosque of Cordoba, Medina Azahara, the house of Almanzor bin Abi Amer and the Andalusian house, as well as visiting the city of Ronda, Granada, the Albaicin neighbourhood, the Alhambra and Madrid.
The intellectual programme was presented by Dr Jassim Sultan, director, Ministry of Culture and Sports’ Wijdan Center, where he gave a detailed explanation of the various monuments and areas visited during the trip.
QYH stated that the trip enabled the participants to familiarise themselves with the history and civilisation of Andalusia and its close relationship with Islamic history in various fields, the most important of which are the humanities, music, literature, poetry, arts in general and architecture in particular, in addition to philosophy and religious sciences of
all kinds.
QYH organises specific trips to various countries out of their belief that one of the most important goals of the youth hostels movement is to enable young people to discover the world and learn about the cultures, customs and traditions of other peoples and to introduce their customs, traditions and cultures to them. (QNA)