KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah paid a visit Monday to Kuwait Sports Club for the Deaf. HH the Amir, accompanied by HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Dr Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, delivered a speech, in which he greeted and congratulated the club’s members and staff on the holy month of Ramadan.

HH the Amir also expressed appreciation to club members for their efforts and contributions in all activities; especially sports, on both local and international levels, reiterating the state’s keenness to provide all support and care to ensure the development and improvement of skills of all club members. “With your skills, you established that determination and sport can overcome disability, and you are able to achieve goals and ambitions,” HH the Amir addressed the gathering.

At the reception were Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Minister of State for Communications Affairs Dawood Maarafi, Director General of the Public Authority for Sports Youssef Al-Baidan and Chairman of the Club Anwar Al-Harbi. At the conclusion of the visit, HH the Amir was presented with a souvenir marking the visit.

HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal also visited the Nabat Poets’ Diwan, accompanied by HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Dr Mohammad. They were welcomed by Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah and Secretary and Director of the Diwan Nassar Al-Khamsan. HH the Amir, in a speech, congratulated the audience on the holy month of Ramadan.

HH the Amir praised the diwan as a great edifice for conserving the literary heritage, social traditions and national identity of the country, hailing efforts of the diwan to digitize the traditional Nabati poetry, keep abreast with the advancement of information technology and tap into the experience of the ministry of information in this regard.

Furthermore, HH the Amir called on the diwan members to adhere to the rules and parameters of Nabati poetry; continue excelling in producing creative poems; organize more competitions and symposia; encourage young poets to adopt this style of poetry; and publicize this poetry via traditional and modern mass media.

Secretary and Director of the Diwan Nassar Al-Khamsan expressed, on behalf of diwan members, best wishes for HH the Amir. He also read a Nabati poem welcoming HH the Amir, HH the Prime Minister and other officials. — KUNA