21 March 2018
Organized by Culture Authority, Arab Center for World Heritage and Ta’a al Shabab, Muharraq hosts Arab & World Poetry Day celebrations
From Muharraq, the Capital of “ Islamic Culture 2018”, events to celebrate Arab & World Poetry Day kicked off yesterday at Al-Khalifiyah Library in Muharraq, where the participants in this Walk marched along the streets of Muharraq old city, presenting at specific stops live theater shows, public performances, and shedding light on prominent culture figures. The event was attended by H.E Shaikha Hala Bint Mohammad Al-Khalifa, Director of Culture & Arts Directorate, as well as culture lovers, writers and poets .
The event is organized by Culture Authority, Arab Center for World Heritage and Ta’a al Shabab Festival, namely “ Adwar” & “ Muharraq Reads” initiatives. Along the streets and alleyways of Muharraq, organizers performed live theater shows, written by Nooh al Jayedah, directed by Fahd Zainal and supervision by Ameena al Khanna, showcasing the dream of Bahrainis to found a newspaper during the times of the spiritual father of Bahraini journalism, Abdullah Al-Zayed. During the theater scene, Abdullah Zayed, is seen reading at the Al-Khalifiyah Library in Muharraq with his generation friends who were writers, intellectuals and artists of the previous decades, until he reaches his home, the actual, Abdullah Al Zayed House for Bahraini Press Heritage, under the umbrella of Shaikh Ebrahim Center For Culture & Research. Zahra al Musawi, actors and costume designers, and Yasser Seef team who took care of actors-make-up have also contributed to the success of this event.
The walking ceremony event included also public performances of poetry recitals by Bahraini poets, such as Ali Al-Sharqawi & Qassem Haddad, as well as music pieces’ performances by Bu Abdullah Folk Music Group.
Worth to mention that the Kingdom of Bahrain celebrates every year on 21 March, World Poetry Day, which is one of humanity's most treasured forms of cultural and linguistic expression and identity. In addition, Bahrain celebrates annually the Arab Poetry Day, which was adopted during Arab Culture Ministers 19th meeting, held in Riyadh in 2015. Thus, this annual celebration has become a tradition in the Arab countries, in parallel to World Poetry day celebrations. Indeed, Egypt was the first Arab state to host this event in 2015.
