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SUMMARY:Baghdad Arab Capital of Culture for 2013 DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:\n\nBaghdad Arab Capital of Culture for 2013\n\nalsumaria\nIraqi Culture Mi nistry announced, on Thursday, having achieved major steps in investment an d infrastructure for the “Baghdad Arab Capital of Culture 2013” event stressing that the upcoming stage will witness the launching of diff erent artistic events.\n\n“Najaf has its own circumstances and so doe s Baghdad,” Culture Ministry representative Taher Al Hamoud said in a statement, which Alsumarianews received a copy of, in response to Iraqiya List spokesman Maysoon Al Damluji who called to dissolve Culture Ministry. “We know just what we want from Baghdad the Arab Capital of Culture,& rdquo; he added.\n\n“We undertook important measures in the investmen t sector and finished infrastructure construction for cultural and artistic events,” Hamoud explained.\n\nIraqi cabinet resolved, on May 2 2012, upon postponing Al Najaf Arab Capital for Islamic Culture for the year 202 0 and transferring about 40 billion dinars from this occasion budget to Bag hdad Arab Capital of Culture for 2013.\n\nIn 2011, UNESCO nominated Baghdad as Arab Capital of Culture for 2013 while the Culture Ministry announced, in February 2013, the contest results indicating that it was a the model of a teacher in Art school in Baghdad University that won the contest.\n\nfon te:\nhttp://www.alsumaria.tv/news/56995/baghdad-arab-capital-of-culture-for -2013/en \n------------\n\nIraqis Prepare to Honour Baghdad As 2013 Capital of Arab Culture\n\nBaghdad, 04 January 2013 ( Al Shorfa )\nBy Khalid Al-ta ie\n\nThe Iraqi Ministry of Culture plans to organise a series of activitie s and festivals this year marking Baghdad as the 2013 Capital of Arab Cultu re, officials told Mawtani.\n\nMinistry undersecretary Fawzi al-Atroushi sa id the planned celebrations include a number of cultural activities through out the year, including folklore festivals and exhibits for Iraqi art and r are manuscripts.\n\nOther institutions like governmental and civil society groups and unions will also participate alongside the ministry in sponsorin g weekly and monthly events, which include symposiums, conferences, and lit erary, intellectual and art functions that represent Iraq's various cul tures, he added.\n\nScheduled ministry programmes also involve showing docu mentaries and long and short feature films, as well as theatrical performan ces on Iraqi life complete with traditions, customs and rituals, al-Atroush i said.\n\nAs part of the celebrations, the ministry will also organise a s eries of field trips for visiting delegations to various historical sites a nd landmarks around Baghdad, such as monuments, statues, squares, old marke ts and streets, and archaeological and heritage landmarks and sites, he sai d.\n\nIn addition, dignitaries and other guests will receive a number of bo oks and works on Baghdad's history, heritage, landmarks, famous figures and historical contributions to culture, literature and science, al-Atrous hi said.\n\n"Plans to build and rehabilitate Baghdad's landmarks a re going forward," he told Mawtani. "In collaboration with severa l supportive agencies, such as Baghdad province, Amanat Baghdad and the Min istry of Tourism and Antiquities, we finished rebuilding several heritage b uildings and cultural sites, in addition to building new monuments, statues and tourist compounds."\n\n"Also, there are other projects on th eir way to completion, such as a project to rehabilitate and maintain the a ncient Ziggurat of Aqar Quf, located west of the capital, and others curren tly under construction, such as the old al-Qushla Clock monument, the Abbas id palace, the Opera House and others," he said.\n\nCrowning Baghdad\n \nWith these preparations, the province aims to crown Baghdad as the 2013 C apital of Arab Culture, said Kamel al-Saadi, Baghdad's deputy governor. \n\nOfficials will distribute a tourist guide of the capital, as well as co pies of 20 different brochures on Baghdad's various civilisations, to e vent participants, he said, adding that the Baghdad province is "organ ising plays, cultural meetings and popular carnivals".\n\nPrizes will be awarded to Iraqi intellectuals and pioneers, including youth innovators, he added.\n\nThe province will work with diverse groups "to secure a festive atmosphere commensurate with the distinct history of Baghdad", al-Saadi said.\n\nThe province also completed a project rehabilitating the Baghdad International Fairground, "considered one of the prominent la ndmarks of the capital", at a cost of 70 billion dinars ($60 million), he said.\n\nIt also built the Baghdad Cultural Centre and restored many he ritage and cultural buildings and sites, in addition to organising "pe rmanent exhibits, the last of which displays the personal belongings of the Iraqi royal family during 1921-1958", he added.\nReflecting the capit al's grandeur\n\nAli al-Shallah, chairman of the parliamentary committe e on culture and media, said his committee is in constant contact with all concerned parties to ensure the festivities are a success.\n\n"We aske d them to ensure that the celebrations will be of an acceptable level that befits the civilisation and grandeur of the city of Baghdad, reflecting its historical depth, existence and role throughout the ages," he said.\n \n"We must showcase the cultural aspect of our capital, and organise t hese activities within [the city's] heritage and archaeological sites, because Baghdad was -- and still is -- a cultural and intellectual cradle, and it is essential to project its status as a city of exceptional human ac complishments in all life fields," he said.\n\nAl-Shallah told Mawtani he is confident the activities will be a success.\n\nIn 2012, the city hos ted numerous successful Arab and international conferences, he said.\n\n&qu ot;We are fully confident that the organisation of this new forum will be s uccessful, and it will have large-scale participation," he said.\n\nfo nte:\nhttp://www.iraqupdates.com/free-news/culture-tourism/iraqis-prepare-t o-honour-baghdad-as-2013-capital-of-arab-culture/2013-01-04\n\n\nfonte:\nht tp://mawtani.al-shorfa.com/en_GB/articles/iii/features/2013/01/03/feature-0 2  \n DTSTAMP:20260415T004842Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20130101T000100 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20130102T000100 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR