TAIF: The Literature, Publishing, and Translation Commission, in collaboration with the Secretariat General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, on Friday launched the 13th edition of the Gulf Poetry Forum 2024 in Taif. The event featured extensive participation from poets, critics, specialists and enthusiasts from GCC countries.
Mansour Al-Harthi, director general of the Academy of Arabic Poetry, discussed the forum’s role in fostering communication among poets, authors, critics, thinkers and intellectuals from GCC countries.
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He highlighted its significance in showcasing the Gulf’s unique cultural heritage to the world and contributing to human civilization with steady, confident progress and forward-looking visions. He said that forum’s activities will enrich the cultural landscape of the Gulf and Arab regions.
“The forum is an occasion to strengthen the bonds of brotherhood, interchange ideas, and exchange experiences and visions, all under the keen interest and support of the ministers of culture of the GCC,” he said.
“Today, we are gathered in Saudi Arabia, a nation that supports intellectuals, encourages and nurtures authors, and places great importance on culture.”
