“Umm Al-Rabie’ayn” Cultural Festival held in Tartous
Under the title “ Syria – rich wilderness”, the 22nd session of “Umm Al-Rabie’ayn” cultural Festival was recently held at the Arab Cultural Center in Tartous province with the participation of a number of artists and writers from several governorates.
The three-day festival included an exhibition of plastic art and sculpture , poetry evening and a ceremony honoring the poet Abdel LatifMahrez in appreciation of his poetic achievements.
Head of the festival Alwan Abdel-Hadi said in a statement to SANA “ the cultural event is of great importance as it formed a rich cultural platform for a number of artists and poets from Aleppo, Homs, Lattakia, Al-Sweidah and Tartous to present and exchange their different cultural works”.
Lawyer Yasser Mahrez, son of the poet Abdul LatifMahrez, believed that honoring the prominent figures while they are alive is a wonderful step and reflects the high appreciation for the distinguished.He pointed out that the poet Mahrez’s career includes 15 manuscripts and 4 studies.
He stressed that despite the poet’s 91 years , he is still at the zenith of his giving, and until this moment he is still writing to provide the cultural movement with more poetic and literary production.
RawaaGhanam