On the occasion of the birthday of some of the infallible Imams (peace be upon them), the Secretariats-General of the Imam Hussein and El-Abbas holy shrines have inaugurated the Ninth International Cultural Martyrdom Spring Festival in the Imam Hussein holy shrine where it has been locally and internationally attended.
The festival has been attended by some remarkable figures such as Sayed Ahmed EL-Safi, the Secretary-General of the EL-Abbas holy shrine, Sayed Salih El-Haideri, the head of the Shiite Endowment Bureau, Sheikh Abdul Weli Nesri , from the Azher Mosque, Mujtaba Et-Tan, a Bahamian poet, Wolf Gange Grifer, an Austrian who has converted into Islam, Yang Choe from China who has converted into Islam, and Netheer El-Mudhaffer, a poet, in addition to some religious scholars, and thinkers.