Culture

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - Madaba) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah joined a group of children from Aqaba during their visit to the Madaba Institute for Mosaic Art and Restoration (MIMAR) today. The visit comes after the children had expressed to Her Majesty a keen interest in mosaics when they met her during a visit to the Queen Rania Al Abdullah Community Development Center in Aqaba.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department-Amman) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah hosted today a group of youth volunteers from different initiatives and organizations for iftar at Al Hussein Youth City in Amman. Working across the kingdom, the volunteers come from different organizations that cater towards a wide array of causes and issues such as poverty alleviation, community development projects, health and environmental awareness, assisting the elderly and education.

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department –Amman) - Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah met, today, with Ms. Mireia Belil, Director General of the Universal Forum of Cultures Foundation (UFC), Ms. Cristina Gabarro, Project Director at (UFC), and HE Mayor of Amman, Omar Al Ma’ani, to discuss Amman’s candidacy as host city for the (UFC) for the year 2016.

During the meeting, Queen Rania expressed her hope that Amman will host the forum, as it has been playing a key role in promoting tolerance, peaceful coexistence, cultural diversity and sustainable development.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - Amman) Her Majesty Queen Rania chaired a meeting of the Higher National Committee for Amman Culture Capital of the Arab World for the Year 2002, in which the proposed activities and programs of the one-year event were discussed.

Queen Rania, who heads the Higher Committee, was briefed on the work done in preparation for the cultural event and approved some of the programs, which include special activities for children.