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Qurain Cultural Festival Events Postponed

From today’s Kuwait Times:

KUWAIT: Secretary-General of the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters Bader Al-Refai announced yesterday the postponement of concerts of the 15th Al-Qurain cultural festival in solidarity with the people of Gaza who are subjected to brutal Israeli aggression.

Al-Rifai, who heads the Higher Organizing Committee of the festival said in a press statement that the festival celebrated here few days ago the Palestinian Jerusalem as the capital of Arab culture for 2009.

He added that the tragic situation faced by the Palestinian people in Gaza is the reason for the postponement of activities including the final musical concert that was scheduled to be held on January 14 which would honor artist Abdel Mohsen al-Muhanna. He said the postponement was a common desire of the Council, al-Muhanna and the Kuwait National Music Band. – KUNA

January 7, 2009 - Posted by | Arts & Handicrafts, Events, ExPat Life, Kuwait, Living Conditions, Political Issues, Public Art

5 Comments »

  1. I disagree with postponing the Qurain cultural festival and with the cancellation of all Hala February activities.

    These public events should be used as a means to support and promote a cause like the plight of the Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

    They should be used to attract media attention for the cause they support and not to completely cancel everything.

    Profits from concerts can go to charities assisting victims.

    That is the proactive way of dealing with a crisis in such events.

    Cancellation, moderation, and control just smells of something else entirely.

    Jewaira's avatar Comment by Jewaira | January 7, 2009 | Reply

  2. I have to agree with Jewaira…

    Evil Knievel's avatar Comment by Evil Knievel | January 7, 2009 | Reply

  3. To me, it is an irony that the Festival is cancelled just as I finally got an English version from Touche, and had made plans to hit a couple events. 😦

    intlxpatr's avatar Comment by intlxpatr | January 7, 2009 | Reply

  4. I thought they said the activities were canceled?
    ‘Kuwait one of the oldest areas to be inhabited’
    http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=MjYyMjQ2ODAx

    Jewaira's avatar Comment by Jewaira | January 8, 2009 | Reply

  5. I saw that, Jewaira – go figure! We were all told the events were cancelled!

    intlxpatr's avatar Comment by intlxpatr | January 8, 2009 | Reply


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