Tribune News Network
Doha/Paris
As part of the ‘Olympism: More Than a Dream’ exhibition organised by the 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum, Qatar Museums (QM) launched the selected writings from Pierre De Coubertin: Textes Choisis, Volume 1. The launch took place during the Team Qatar reception hosted by Qatar Olympic Committee and ‘All for One (and One for All)’ debate in Paris. The debate, featuring the four Olympic musketeers, was a collaborative event involving Panathlon International, the Pierre de Coubertin Committee (CIPC), the International Fair Play Committee (CIFP), and the International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH).
Pierre De Coubertin: Textes Choisis, Volume 1 is the first translation from French into Arabic of selected writings by Pierre de Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympic Games. The book will become available to the public through In-Q’s website and Qatar Museums’ gift shops. The publication, which draws on his voluminous archive of writings (totalling some 500,000 words) collects some of Coubertin’s most important essays on the power of sport to bring people together. With the Summer Olympic Games opening in Paris, it serves as an introduction to Arabic-reading audiences of the values that undergird the modern Olympic movement.
