23rd Cultural Week

Title: 23rd Cultural Week
Location: Male (New Campus), Female (Old Campus)
Description: Four-day celebrations of 23rd Annual Cultural Week – a mega event of International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) – are going to start from Tuesday, the 19th of April, 2011, at the Male Campus of IIU at H-10 Sector, Islamabad. The aim of this mega cultural event is to promote intercultural harmony and to keep the cultural traditions alive.

H.E. Abdul Aziz Bin Ibrahim bin Salih Al Ghadeer, Ambassador of the Royal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia shall inaugurate the Cultural Week on 19th April, 2011, at 11:30 am in the Auditorium Faculty Block–II (Male), New Campus of IIUI. Students from more than forty countries including Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Egypt, Sudan, China, and Sri Lanka as well as the province of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa, Sindh, Balochistan, and Azad Jammu and Kashmir shall setup their stalls during the Cultural Exhibition to be held on 19th April, 2011 at Faculty Block-II, Male Campus of IIUI. They shall exhibit their cultures and traditional rituals by displaying different cultural and traditional items like food items, dresses, arts and literatures, embroideries, musical instruments, and other cultural items.

Urdu, English and Arabic Debate Competitions have been arranged to provide an opportunity to the students to improve their international personal communication and their personality development. Urdu and English Debate Competitions will be held on 20th April and Arabic Debate Competition on 21st April, 2011. Qirat, Hifz and Naat Competitions will be held on 20th April whereas English and Arabic Quiz Competitions on 21st of April, 2011. Closing ceremony of the cultural week (at male campus) will be held on Friday, the 22nd of April, 2011 at 3:00 pm in the Auditorium Faculty Block-II at New Campus. Prizes will be awarded to winners of different competitions of the Cultural Week.
Start Date: 2011-04-18
End Date: 2011-04-22