The al-Abbas's (p) Holy Shrine inaugurates the al-'Afaf Shopping Center and considers it the first of its kind in the province.

After more than three years that the al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine harnessed all the possible potential through its Department of Engineering Projects to accomplish within the time limits and technical specifications the project of the al-'Afaf Shopping Center, which is one of the investment projects of the al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine that will offer the residents and visitors of Karbala a new and exciting shopping experience, including a wide range of prominent brands that are opening in the province for the first time away from commercial fraud and counterfeit brands. This is what it is aimed through the designs developed for this center, which is in compliance with these commercial requirements.

The inauguration was held along with the opening of the comprehensive exhibition of the products of the al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine, attended by the Secretary-General of the al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine, Eng. Mohamad al-Ashigar, members of its board of directors, heads of its departments, a delegation representing the holy shrine of Imam al-Hussayn (peace be upon him), as well as representatives of government bodies from the province of Karbala, headed by Engineer Jassem al-Khattabi, President of the Province Council and a number of the invitees from inside and outside the province.

Head of Engineering Projects Department at the al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine -the body that oversaw the design and implementation of the project-; engineer Dea' Majeed al-Sa'egh stated to al-Kafeel Network: "The General Secretariat of the al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine has always supported every project aimed at providing the best services, and provide all that would raise the level of civilization, health, sound environment in the holy city of Karbala. And this project falls within the series of projects launched by the al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine for the service of the people of Karbala dna the visitors of the two holy shrines and who want to shop from this shopping center, which took into account its proximity to the city being 1.5 km away in an open area "neighborhood of al-Hussayn (peace be upon him)."

Adding: "The project was implemented according to the highest international engineering and technical specifications adopted by the executing company "Ard al-Quds", which is an Iraqi company that implemented the project based on the latest architectural and construction techniques currently used in Europe that will make it the first shopping center with such specifications in the province of Karbala."

Indicating that: "The project is held in the neighborhood of al-Hussayn (peace be upon him) in the province of Karbala on an area of 2600 square meters in three floors divided in two parts: A part for the shopping services, and the second part contains the administrative offices and stores of the project, which provided by the latest cooling, electricity, internet, communications, cameras, as well as fire and alarm systems. As well as elevators for the cargo materials of the center as well as panoramic elevators and escalators, as well as taking into account other specifications making in it the first shopping center in the holy city of Karbala. And we call the relevant parties to contact us to benefit from it and reserve their locations, and the second floor was allocated for this purpose."