Ghadeer Int’l Media Festival begins in Iraq

The 12th Ghadir International Media Festival began in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, on Monday.

The 12th Ghadir International Media Festival began in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, on Monday.

According to iraqakhabar.com website, the Ghadir Satellite Television organizes the festival annually.

The motto of this year’s festival is “Victory Is Complete with Words and Pictures”.

 More than 500 media and arts activists as well as 150 media institutes and TV and radio channels from different Muslim countries are attending the event.

Four exhibitions, including one featuring journalists and reporters who have been martyred in the war against Daesh (ISIL or ISIS), will be mounted during the festival.