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Programs of 3rd Ayat Quranic Festival to Be Announced in Less than a Month

14:30 - February 09, 2013
News ID: 2493913
Quran and Etrat Deputy of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance said the programs of the 3rd International Quranic Festival of Ayat will be announced in less than a month.
Speaking at a news program on Quran TV, Hojat-ol-Islam Hamid Mohammadi added that the theme of the third edition of the festival will be ‘religious lifestyle’.
He said the festival will begin concurrent with the birth anniversary of the Holy prophet (PBUH)next year, and the closing ceremony will be held on the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution’s victory.
According to the official, next year’s festival will aim to promote religious style of life through art and cultural products.
Hojat-ol-Islam Mohammadi noted that the theme of the festival’s second edition, which concluded last week, was ‘humanity, Quran and art’.
A total of 110,000 artworks were submitted to the secretariat of the festival, of which 60,000 were accepted in the competition section, he went on to say.

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