Babel artistic festival in Baghdad

The artistic director of the Iraqi Babel festival said on Monday that some 20 Arab and foreign states have so far announced their participation at the 13th session of the International festival due to be opened on September 22nd.

He added that a large number of artistic figures, media men and cultural and artistic bands from Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, Algeria, Jordan, and Yemen will perform shows at the festival. Among the participating artistic bands are the renowned Iraqi singer Nasir Shamma and the Egyptian famous musical band of Abdul Halim Nweira.

He added that artistic bands from Moldavia, Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Pakistan, Belurus, Azerbeidjan, China, Sweden, Norway, Turkey, Japan and Germany will take part in the activities of the ten- day festival.

The festival includes cultural and musical activities and dancing shows and folkloric performances to be introduced at the Babylonian theatre " and the throne hall " and the museum theatre which is established this year in the archeological city which is 90 kilometers to the south of Baghdad.