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30th Al-Qurain Cultural Festival will be launched on February 3

KUWAIT: The National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL) announced that the 30th edition of the Qurain Cultural Festival will kick off on Feb 3 and will continue until Feb 12 under the slogan “Thirty Years of Leadership and Giving.” The council explained in a press statement on Monday that the festival embodies a journey of three decades of cultural creativity, as it presents a schedule full of events that combine arts, music, literature and intellectual seminars.

The statement quoted the assistant secretary for the culture sector at the council and vice president of the 30th Qurain Cultural Festival, Aisha Al-Mahmoud, as saying that there is a distinguished collection of events that will be included in the festival, which are in line with what the cultural arena needs in terms of movement that is compatible with the current era and the developments and modern technologies that have accompanied it in all its fields.

Al-Mahmoud stated that the Qurain Festival aims to enhance the cultural movement in the country and the region while shedding light on local and international creativity in the fields of art, music, theater, and literature and also reflects Kuwait’s interest in preserving national heritage and keeping pace with future cultural challenges.

She added that the Jaber Al-Ali Theater at Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Center will host the opening ceremony of the festival, while the morning and evening events and activities include a photo exhibition from ‘Kuwait’s Past’ that will be held at The Avenues Mall and another exhibition on the National Council’s publications accompanied by the exhibition “Al-Qurain: Thirty Years of Leadership and Giving that will be held at the Faculty of Arts at Kuwait University in Shadadiyah”.

She indicated that a lecture entitled ‘The Geological Archaeological Impact of the Subiya Area’ will be held at the Kuwait National Museum in addition to a cultural forum entitled “Thirty Years of Creative Culture in Facing Future Challenges”. The main symposium of the Al-Qurain Cultural Festival will be entitled “The Dialectic of Criticism and Creative Text” and will continue for three days in two morning and evening sessions at the St. Regis Hotel. Al-Mahmoud said that the festival will include the late writer Abdulaziz Al-Babtain’s lighthouse at the Al-Babtain Central Library for Arabic Poetry in appreciation of one of the pioneers of the cultural renaissance in the country, while the “Panorama of the Qurain Cultural Festival” will be held at the Kuwait National Library. 

The festival will include a number of artistic events, including a musical evening entitled ‘Kuwaiti Samariat by Khalaf Al-Adwani’ at the Yarmouk Cultural Center and an evening of the movie (Cinderella) at the Yarmouk Cultural Center as well, while the ‘Qurain Comprehensive Art Exhibition’ will be held at the Museum of Modern Art in Mishref.

A ceremony will also be held to honor the festival’s personality, the Saudi Dr. Abdullah Al-Ghadami, followed by a dialogue session. A lecture entitled “Results of Excavation Seasons at Tell Abu Suwan Site - Jerash (Jordan)” will be presented by Dr Maysoun Abdulghani at the Yarmouk Cultural Center. - KUNA

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