IBC Hosts the Annual Ramadan Iftar Banquet & Honoring of the Prominent Iraqi Artist and Director Faisal Al-Yasiri On Saturday June 17th 2017 at Amman Grand Millennium Hotel
On the occasion of the Holy month of Ramadan, IBC hosted on Saturday June 17th 2017 at Amman Grand Millennium Hotel the annual Ramadan Iftar banquet in honor of IBC members, their families and the Iraqi community in Jordan which included, among the activities of IBC Cultural Program (Ibdaa), the honoring ceremony for the prominent Iraqi artist and director Faisal Al-Yasiri.
The festivity included the screening of a documentary covering the main life and career stages of the famous Iraqi artist and director Faisal Al-Yasiri produced by IBC Cultural Program (Ibdaa).
IBC Chairman Dr. Majid Saedi delivered a welcome speech in which he congratulated the guests on the Holy month of Ramadan, wishing them and all the Iraqi people prevalence of peace and prosperity.
He also congratulated the Iraqi people on the victories achieved by our valiant Armed Forces in the liberation of the city of Mosul from the criminal gangs of Daish (ISIS), looking forward to the return of the displaced to Mosul and reconstruction of the city after clearing it from those criminal gangs.
Dr. Saedi also expressed his thanks and gratitude to His Majesty King Abdullah II, the first investment sponsor and to the wise Jordanian Government for facilitating the businesses of Iraqi investors and granting annual residency permits to the Iraqi community in Jordan.
In his speech, Dr. Saedi lauded the rich artistic and cultural career of the creative Iraqi artist and director Faisal Al-Yasiri which is characterized by creativity; mentioning as an example one of Al-Yasiri’s most important television episodes “Open Sesame” which still lives to our present times in the minds of millions of Arabs, in addition to a large number of television episodes and literary works.
Dr. Saedi stressed that (Ibdaa) Cultural Program is an initiative, meaning of which may be reduced to “THANK YOU” to all artists, poets and creative people for their artistic and literary works which contributed to the enrichment of the Arab culture.
Towards the end of the ceremony, IBC Chairman and Board members presented artist Faisal Al-Yasiri with IBC Creativity Shield and IBC’s Icon “Tree of Life”.
On his part, Mr. Al-Yasiri expressed his thanks and gratitude to IBC (Ibdaa) Cultural Program for supporting and sponsoring the Iraqi artists and innovators and celebrating their achievements while they are alive, calling upon all Iraqi businessmen to contribute to supporting production and media due to their importance in human development.
The festivity ended with performances by Basim Fagali and Salatin Al-Tarab Group which the guests enjoyed.
The ceremony was attended by Al-Sharifa Budour Bint Abdul Ilah, Representative of the Iraqi Embassy in Jordan the Iraqi Consul Mr. Udai Hatam, a crowd of the Iraqi community in Jordan, artists, academics and journalists. On IBC side, the banquet was attended by IBC Chairman and Board members, their families, a number of Iraqi businessmen, a crowd of Satellite TV Channels and media.