In celebration of the annual Baghdad Day, Baghdad, the City of Creative Literature under UNESCO, organized the second edition of the Baghdad Book Festival at the Iraqi Scientific Academy Hall in the capital, Baghdad, with the participation of a select group of writers, poets, novelists, and critics.
The festival featured discussion sessions and intellectual and critical debates where participants showcased their literary experiences and highlighted their recent publications, discussing their creative paths and cultural visions, amidst an engaging audience that contributed to the exchange of opinions and ideas and enriched the cultural scene.
The President of the Iraqi Scientific Academy, Dr. Muhammad Hussein Al-Yassin, told the News Video Agency that holding the second edition of the Baghdad Book Festival represents an important literary and cultural gesture from Baghdad, the City of Creative Literature under UNESCO, and its Executive Director, Sadiq Rahma, to highlight the books produced during the past period and to host their authors from writers, poets, storytellers, playwrights, and various specializations to discuss their works and recent publications.
Al-Yassin added that this cultural initiative represents an important experience in revitalizing the literary movement in Baghdad, pointing out that the festival hosted a group of well-known writers with both previous and new publications, who shared diverse experiences in their fields of specialization, enriching the knowledge and cultures of the attendees.
The President of the Iraqi Scientific Academy expressed his gratitude to all participants and attendees, describing the festival as a "true cultural wedding," embodying the vitality of the literary movement in Baghdad and the richness of its creative output, and enhancing the presence of books and literature in the Iraqi cultural space.
The organization of the festival comes as part of supporting literary and cultural initiatives, providing a space for dialogue and communication between creators and readers, contributing to solidifying Baghdad’s status as a center of cultural illumination and literary creativity.