In Khan Al-Afrang, MP Bahia Hariri inspected the Sidonian crafts and food festival “Sidawi Ah” which was inaugurated by the Rotaract Club of Saida and the Hariri Foundation for Sustainable Human Development as part of the “Sidon Ramadan City” celebration and on the occasion of Easter. It is the pioneers of the old city in Ramadan from Sidon, the south and several regions.
Hariri toured the activities of the festival, which included a food and handicraft market, heritage activities, and musical and musical performances.
The tour coincided with a visit by the Iraqi Ambassador to Lebanon Haider Al-Barrak, the commercial attaché at the Iraqi Embassy Mashreq Ismail Muhammad, the representative of the Ambassador of Palestine Ashraf Dabour, the First Counselor at the Embassy, Hassan Sheshnia, at the invitation of the head of the Amaco Group Ali Al-Abdullah.
Also present were MP Ali Oseiran, President of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture in Sidon and the South, Mohamed Hassan Saleh, Vice President of the Sidon and Suburbs Traders Association, Hassan Fadl Saleh, President of the Association for the Development of Man and the Environment, Fadlallah Hassouna, and representatives from Sidon Rotary, Sidon Interact and the Rotary family.
Al-Hariri was also accompanied on the tour by the Mayor of Baqasta Ibrahim Mezher, and for the “Ramadan Activities Coordination Committee”, members of the Municipal Council, Engineer Mustafa Hegazy and Wafaa Shuaib, the Secretary of the Committee Nora Samoura, and the coordinator of activities for the Hariri Foundation, lawyer Ahmed Kassab.
After that, Hariri visited the “International Comic Painting Exhibition” organized by the French Center in cooperation with the Hariri Foundation in the inner hall of the Khan, in which a number of artists and painters from France, Switzerland, Belgium and Lebanon participated, where she toured its pavilions accompanied by the Director of the French Center Sophie Jarjat and the attaché specialized in writing and discussing ideas for the Institute The Frenchman in Lebanon Mathieu Diez.
Hariri then continued her tour to Bab al-Saraya Square, which was bustling with pioneers and nightlife, where she met a number of them, and from there to “Al-Azaz Coffee”, where she stopped for a while and greeted its patrons.
She concluded her tour in the heritage square of Dahr El-Mir, where she attended part of an evening of religious invocations by the Taha Al-Hadi Band, organized by the Muslim Scouts – the Commission of the South and the institutions of the Islamic Authority for Welfare under the auspices of the Sidon Municipality.
Following the tour, Hariri said: “The events, activities and festive atmosphere that Sidon experiences during the nights of the blessed month of Ramadan, and the revival of “Sidon, the Ramadan city”, only expresses the fact that this city affirms in all its stations that it yearns for life and an oasis of convergence among all Lebanese, and that it Despite all the bleak conditions and health, economic and social crises that Lebanon and the city have gone through, there is always a glimmer of light and hope that lights up this darkness and expands little by little. Inspiring with all its values and spiritual and human meanings, it provides us with the will and the ability to continue, and confirms the ability of the Lebanese to pass this extremely difficult stage.”
She noted the active movement in the old city and the waterfront during Ramadan nights and the activities that take place in all historical and heritage monuments and attract pioneers and visitors – city guests – from all regions, praising the “integration of social and civil work with all sectors under the municipality’s umbrella, which contributes to the advancement of the city.” In its Ramadan style, as well as in the model of social solidarity that civil society associations and institutions in Sidon provide with many charitable initiatives to relieve families and families suffering from the repercussions of the crises the country is experiencing.
