Cultural festivity held in Lattakia to honor 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” Malak Yassin, Head of the Child’s Culture Directorate at the Ministry of Culture  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 2021.

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.
Miss. Yassin 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.

She stressed 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  honored children who  expressed their happiness with this honor, which constituted an incentive for them to further creativity and excellence.

Loujain Nofal, The 13-year-old winner of the first prize in the article, entitled “Quarantine”, referred to her great passion for literature in its various fields of poetry and story, which prompted her to participate.

In turn, Hala Khaddam the  daughter of the martyr Osama Khaddam, who won the third prize for drawing, participated in a painting in which she depicted the beauty of nature.

she  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.

Interviewed by : Rawaa Ghanam

Photos by : Rawaa Ghanam