Damascus Cultural Forum kicks off

On Jul 24, 2016

The 1st Damascus Cultural Forum kicked off yesterday evening in the Khan As’ad Pasha in the old city of Damascus.

The four-day event held by the Ministry of Culture includes art and book exhibitions plus concert, according to the official news agency (SANA), which quoted the head of the Board of Directors of the forum Abdul Wahab Abo Saleh as saying that the forum plays a key role in the cultural conflict between the culture of life and the culture of death.

On his part, Deputy Minister of Culture Bassam AboGhannam declared that the forum aims to meet the desire of the audience that follows cultural activities despite the circumstances Syria is going through.

While the poet Dr. Nizar Bani al-Marjeh said that the continuity of the cultural activities in Syria reflects the country’s steadfastness in confronting terrorism.

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