The Secretariat-General of the El-Abbas holy shrine stated that the preparations for the El-Jood Forth International Competition started on Saturday Apr 20, 2013. It is in making a vertical poem about El-Abbas (p.b.u.h0).
Some invitations were sent to some poets to attend the competition which is to be held on Apr 24, 2013, which coincides with the commemoration of Lady Fatima (Um El-Beneen) (p.b.u.h).
93 poems have recently been received from inside of Iraq, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Bahrain, Syria and Palestine. This competition is for creating a great spirit for competing with each other in order to manifest the great rank El-Abbas (p.b.u.h) has.