Who we are
The Amman Committee of “Società Dante Alighieri”
Amman Committee of “Società Dante Alighieri” is a non-for-profit association established in 2004 and registered at the Jordanian Minister of Culture, with 25 members.
Our main purpose is to encourage learning and appreciation of the Italian language and culture in Jordan, promoting the common cultural heritage of our two countries.
Società Dante Alighieri’s main office is in Rome and has around 500 committees in Italy and around the world.
Our center offers Italian language for adults and children, in-house and out, film seasons, lectures and conferences, music and theater events, and recreational and social.
Our association is a cultural benchmark for the Italian community in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. We cooperate with the Italian Embassy’s cultural office for the Italian Language week in the world, the Italian Culinary week and to encourage the study of Italian in Jordan. Other institutional partners are Italian, local and international cultural associations and organizations in Jordan.
Our committee is an official center for the PLIDA certificate of language competency, we have a library, with Italian books and DVDs, and we offer a translation service from and to Arabic and English.
Since September 2013 we are part of the Eunic Jordan cluster, a network of European Union National Institutes for Culture.
Members of the Board
- President: Luisa Pieri
- Vice president: Maria Rosaria Papa
- Treasurer: Tamara Haj Hassan
- Secretary General: Serena Tiziana Bernardi
- Members: Ruba Banna, Elisa Gironi, Salim Soussou