The Jaffaria Waqf Directorate had sponsored the largest and most popular artistic project during Ashura Season, which is Imam Hussain project in its 14th edition under the slogan «AlHussain Path» with the participation of more than 12 official and private bodies.
The Chairman of the Jaffaria Waqf Board, Shaikh Mohsin Al Asfoor said: “The Waqf with its new identity is keen to interact with the community and build bridges of communication and sustainable partnership, therefore, the sponsorship of the Imam Hussain artistic project comes in this context”.
Al Asfoor added: “The Jaffaria Waqf Directorate has achieved a quantum leap in the development of the provided services system at different levels,therefore, we did not hesitate to support and sponsor this project, which embody the goals of the movement of Imam Hussain in creative artistic forms to confirm that Prophet Mohammed and his family are like a rescue ship for all mankind”.
For his part, the artist Abbas Al- Musawi explained that: “We started this artistic and cultural project 14 years ago, and every year there are special touches in the artworks”. He added: “Through this festival we proceed from the objectives of the renaissance of imam Hussain to get to the world, and we are planning to participate with some of our outstanding artworks in the celebrations of the United Nations of its 70th anniversary, which confirms that the objectives and aspirations of the renaissance of Imam Hussain, are humanitarian and global objectives”.
The festival hosted a large number of charities, community and medical institutions which offer humanitarian services that centered around the goals of the renaissance of imam Hussain.