Ladies Italian counseling program and gentlemen, the Italians have thought a lot about the best possible means to protect their youth from extremism and from falling into the clutches of terrorism. They have studied solutions and found art to be a suitable way of achieving this. Italy has decided to grant more than half a million young people under the age of 20 coupons worth 500 euros to visit theaters, concerts and cinemas. The entire project costs them about 290 million euros. They have implemented this system despite the difficult economic circumstances. This is because they viewed this as a strategic national project worthy of the costs involved. According to the news published by Okaz, Program Supervisor Tommaso Nannicini confirmed that the program sends a clear message about how important culture and arts is for personal enrichment and strengthening the social fabric. The program makes it possible for beneficiaries to identify options to spend allocated coupons through cell phone apps as of mid-September. Italy's prime minister personally vowed to use culture as a weapon to counter terrorism and extremism. We certainly do not need to mention the diverse culture and arts that Italy has been famous for centuries, something that is scattered in every city and village. Italy is the destination for culture and arts. All of these facilities are available for free or at a minimal charge. Italy does not have people who storm theaters, museums and monuments to destroy them and prevent people from visiting them. Nor do they have people who punish artists, musicians, painters, intellectuals, poets and writers. The Italian government has opted to use its cultural and artistic wealth to fight extremism, a problem that is probably not as bad as it is in other countries. They have encouraged the youth to take advantage of that wealth as a preventative measure. Perhaps, if they see some symptoms with one young person, they might force him to try the program in theaters, cinemas and concert halls. Young people in the Kingdom do not want free coupons to visit such venues. They are rather looking for such facilities in their homeland. We only need to follow details about flight reservations these days to other countries where concerts are to be held and which have cinemas and theaters to get an idea about the way people are travelling out. We need to take advantage of the Italian program, not as preventive measure but as a therapeutic measure. There is no need to send a delegation to assess it, we should simply introduce it immediately.
