The 5-day International Youth Festival of Modern Muslim Culture has successfully ended in Kazan, the capital city of the Republic of Tatarstan.
The festival was organized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs of Tatarstan, Federal Agency for Youth Affairs of the Russian Federation, Tatarstan Youth Center “Selet” (Selet), Academy of Youth Diplomacy, Project Office for International Youth Cooperation in the wing of Russia-OIC, Kazan State University of Culture and Arts, Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation, in partnership with the Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF), its Eurasian Regional Center (ICYF-ERC) and a number of other organizations.
During the event, attended by about 10 representatives from Azerbaijan, young people from Muslim countries demonstrated their skills in music, theater, folklore, choreography, visual arts and other areas of culture.
Addressing the closing ceremony, Acting Director General of the Eurasian Regional Center of Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum Vusal Gurbanov thanked the co-organizers, in particular, Minister of Youth Affairs of Tatarstan Timur Suleymanov, and Rector of Kazan State University of Culture and Arts Roza Ahmadiyeva. He also stressed the importance of holding such events in the OIC member states in the future.
The Eurasian Regional Center of Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF-ERC) has also organized an event dedicated to the 880th anniversary of great Azerbaijani poet and thinker Nizami Ganjavi on the sidelines of the International Youth Festival of Modern Muslim Culture held in Kazan.
Source: Azerbaijan State News Agency