http://www.almotamar.net صحيفة إلكترونية يومية تصدر عن حزب المؤتمر الشعبي العام (اليمن) http://www.almotamar.net/6511.htm 2009-08-04 The Yemeni Minister of Culture Dr Mohammed Abu Bakr al-Maflahi said Monday that the choosing the city of Tarim as a cultural capital for Islamic culture in the year 2010 is attributed to the big status of this town and the role it had played during different epochs of the Arab and Islamic history, represented in development of the Islamic movement and the spread of Islam in many parts of the world.