Cultural Festivity held in Lattakia to Honor Creative, Talented Syrian Children

“Caring about Syria’s children is a very important issue that necessitates collective efforts by the family, the society and the government as Syria’s children are the future generation who will take part effectively in rebuilding Syria, the land of peace, culture and civilization” Assistant Minister of Culture , Eng. Sanaa Al-Shawwa, said in a statement to the Syriatimes e- newspaper on the sideline of the “ childhood and innovation” festivity held  recently at Dar Al-Assad for Culture in Lattakia province.

The event, held by the Child Culture Directorate of the Culture Ministry, aimed to honor the children that won from Lattakia who had participated in the ministry’s annual artistic and culture competitions for the year 2019. Participants in the competitions were children aged 7-17 years representing all Syrian provinces.
Among the honored winners from Lattakia were children of martyrs as well as some children with special needs.
Al-Shawwa pointed out that these competitions are held annually based on the ministry’s keenness on supporting children’s artistic, cultural and innovative skills and on crystallizing their talents.
She made it clear that the competitions covered the art of painting, and calligraphy, in addition to story , poetry and essay writing as well as photography.
Malak Yassin, Head of the Child’s Culture Directorate at the Ministry of Culture , on her part told Syriatimes that “ this festivity is of great importance  to  send out a strong message to the world  that Syria’s children are still creative and determined to overcome all the hardships they have faced during  the long years of the sever crisis”.
Miss Yassin hailed the unremitting efforts exerted by the ministry of culture within the program of the Culture Team for Building Life Skills to encourage children to use their abilities fully and effectively with focus on children in the areas liberated from terrorism.
On the side line of the cultural festivity, an interactive art exhibition was held by the Cultural Team for Building Life skills in Lattakia to showcase the works of the children that won
Head of the team, Mrs Amal Tobal in a statement to Syriatimes praised the cultural and educational establishments’ interest in supporting children’s talents, especially martyrs’ children and those of special needs.
Syriatimes also interviewed a number of winners to talk about their works and impression.
From Lattakia Youshaa Deeb , who won the second prize in short story writing said “ my real suffering when my father was martyred motivated me to write this story. It was my honor to write about the martyrdom and the brave sacrifices of the Syrian Arab Army”.  

Another girl winner Zainab Abbas, who won the third position in Arabic calligraphy stressed that holding cultural and artistic activities encourages and invests children’s skills and talents and helps them find a way to overcome their difficult circumstances.
The children that won expressed determination to have achievements at the world level starting from their sense of responsibility to serve their homeland, stressing that honoring them in their country Syria is an incentive to present the best..

Interviewed by : Rawaa Ghanam
Photos by : Rawaa Ghanam