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Guests of Al-Janadriya hail the festival as global forum for creativity
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 09 - 03 - 2009

Janadriya, outskirts of Riyadh, March 09, SPA -- Guests of the 24th National Festival for Heritage and Culture in Al-Janadriya expressed pride to attend the festival, saying that it has become a cultural and intellectual demonstration and a global forum for creativity and creative people.
In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency, they also attributed the success of Al-Janadriya festival march to the fact that its doors are open to the intellectuals, thinkers and creative people from all Arab, Islamic and foreign countries.
For his part, Lebanese parliament's former deputy Ass'ad Harmush commended the speech delivered by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud while receiving Al-Janadriya's guests Saturday evening, citing his statement that "The Kingdom is in the service of Islam, Arab and Humanity".
The Lebanese journalist Jihad Al-Khazen said that Al-Janadriya festival has become the intellectual forum which attracts all spectrums of the nation in effective dialogue with the other.
For his part, the Egyptian poet Ahmed Fadl Shablol pointed out that: "One of the advantages of Al-Janadriya is the continuation of its activities in which our children and grandchildren will participate in the future".


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