IBC Hosts the Signing Ceremony of “The History of Iraqi Silver (Its Skilled Manufacturers & Their Products)”
Among the activities of IBC Cultural Program (Ibdaa) and under auspices of the Jordanian Minster of Culture Mr. Nabeeh Shiqum, IBC hosted on Saturday April 21st, 2018 at Amman Grand Millennium Hotel the signing ceremony of “The History of Iraqi Silver (Its Manufacturers and Their Products)” by IBC member and antiquities expert Engineer Muhammad Saleh Al-Baghdadi.
The event included an exhibition of a collection of unique pieces of Iraqi silver illustrated in the book.
At the beginning of the ceremony the author, Engineer Muhammad Al-Baghdadi, spoke about his book that was published in Arabic and English, which documented a rare collection of silver and its manufacturers.
The Jordanian Minister of Culture, Mr. Nabeeh Shiqum, lauded the exquisite culture of Mesopotamia which was known of its popular industries, and thanked the author for documenting the history of silver industry in Iraq which was a title of ancient civilizations.
Then Dr. Ehsan Fethi presented an overview on the important contents of the book, which documented the history of silver in Iraq systematically and scientifically among all Iraqi communities, and was the product of 18 years of research and documentation by the author.
The ceremony was attended by the Iraqi Ambassador to Jordan Mrs. Safiya Al-Siheil, the Italian Ambassador to Jordan Mr. Giovanni Brawzi Brauzzi and his wife, and a large number of members of the Iraqi community in Jordan, Iraqi and Jordanian academic, artistic and cultural elite.
On IBC side, the ceremony was attended by IBC Vice Chairman and Secretary General Mr. Saad Naji, IBC members; Mr. Ahmed Al-Amili, Mr. Aqeel Al-Hadi, Mr. Omar Al-Tikriti and Mrs. Layla Piyyo, along with a crowd of journalists, Iraqi and Jordanian satellite TV channels, IBC CEO and staff.
