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Doha to host Iranian, Qatari children’s friendship festival

TEHRAN – A festival of Iranian and Qatari children’s friendship will be held in Doha from March 1 to 5, Iran’s Islamic Culture and Relations Organization (ICRO) announced on Wednesday.

 

Iranian ambassador to Qatar Mohammad-Javad Asayesh, Qatari Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage Hamad bin Abdul Aziz al-Kuwari, and some officials from the Qatari Supreme Council of Education have been invited to the opening ceremony of the festival, which has been organized by ICRO.

 

Over 120 children from both nations and students from international schools working in Doha are scheduled to attend the festival.

 

Encyclopedia Islamica Foundation offers German courses

TEHRAN – Iran’s Encyclopedia Islamica Foundation is adding German courses to its current curriculum for foreign-language lessons. 

 

Classes at different levels are scheduled to start in early April under the supervision of Dr. Saeid Saraii, a professor at the University of Oldenburg.

 

The Tehran-based foundation is a nonprofit organization that was established in 1983 with a mission to compile the Great Encyclopedia of the Islamic World. 

 

New director of Iranian Young Cinema Society appointed

TEHRAN – Farid Farkhondekish has been appointed as the new managing director of the Iranian Young Cinema Society (IYCS).

 

The appointment was announced by the director of the Cinema Organization of Iran, Hojjatolah Ayyubi, in a press release on Friday.

 

In its new mission, the IYCS, which is affiliated with the Cinema Organization of Iran, is tasked with providing facilities for the new generation of Iranian filmmakers.

 

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