Marbid International Festival starts in Basra

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Marbid Poetic International Festival started, on Wednsday morning, its activities of the ninth round, in Basra province amid official, cultural and international attendance. The festival is attended by a large number of poets from Iraq, Arab and international countries with attendance of the Acting Culture Minister, Taher al-Hamoud, as well as a number of officials.