Opening of the Personal Exhibition of Expatriate Iraqi Artist Sattar Nima At The Iraqi Business council Hall

Among the activities of IBC Cultural Program (Ibdaa), the personal exhibition of the Iraqi expatriate artist Sattar Nima was opened on Saturday October 23rd 2021 on IBC Hall 1st floor titled “Ecstasy”.

During the opening ceremony, the artist toured the exhibition with IBC’s Vice president and Secretary General Dr. Saad Naji and IBC guests of artistic and cultural elites to learn about the displayed artworks, where twenty artworks were displayed embracing a variety of techniques and materials were used such as acrylic, oil and pastille, with a line connecting between personification to extreme abstraction.

In the centre of the hall a video artwork interposed that was in harmony with the content of the exhibition; which was the idea of transcending the normal physical surface of the painting to reach the depth considering the painting as a living work.

The event was attended by IBC members’ Dr. Amila Naji, Mr. Muhammad Shanshal and members of IBC Cultural Committee, in addition to a crowd of artists, academics, media professionals, IBC guests of the Iraqi community in Jordan, TV channels, IBC CEO Mrs. Abeer Al-Naib and staff.

 

The idea of establishing the Iraqi Business Council is based on the common desire generated by a number of elites. Those who are Iraqi investors and businessmen on the territory of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan unanimous in the importance of creating economic reference for them, as well as for those who wish to join them in order to maximize Iraq’s investment in Jordan, as well as to contribute actively to Iraq’s construction and reconstruction.

The idea of establishing the Iraqi Business Council was well-founded and blessed by the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Accordingly, the approval of the competent Jordanian authorities was commended for launching the Iraqi Business Council in Jordan.

 

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Signing & Publicizing of the Prominent Iraqi Journalist Dr. Majeed Al-Sammarraie’s Book Supported by IBC’s (Ibdaa) Cultural Program

With the support of the Cultural Program of the Iraqi Business Council in Amman (Ibdaa), and under the parsonage of the Iraqi Ambassador to Jordan Mr. Haider Al-Athari, signing of the second part of “Atraf Al-Hadeeth” book for the prominent Iraqi journalist Dr. Majeed Al-Sammarraie, published by (Dar Al-Thakira), took place on Monday, September 27th 2021 on Al-Orfali Hall in Amman.

At the beginning of the ceremony, Dr. Al-Sammarraie extended his thanks and appreciation to all those who had contributed to the publication of his book, especially the Iraqi Business Council in Amman for its support through its (Ibdaa) Cultural Program to publicize and sign the two parts of his book “Atraf Al-Hadeeth”; the first part was published in 2019 and the second in 2021.

Dr. Al-Sammarraie reviewed the most important episodes of his famous program “Atraf Al-Hadeeth”, which he talked about in his book, recalling dialogues for a number of very important personalities; such as artists and journalists, thinkers, religious and philosophy men, that he had hosted over the years in his widely-watched program.

For his part, the Iraqi Ambassador to Jordan Mr. Haider Al-Athari stressed that the educated Iraqi elite is capable of contributing to strengthening the ties between members of the Iraqi community in Jordan and their Iraqi cultural environment despite the geographic distance, lauding the distinguished effort exerted by Dr. Al-Sammarraie over his long years of work.

The event was attended by IBC’s Vice President & Secretary General Dr. Saad Naji and IBC CEO Mrs. Abeer Al-Naib, a large number of Iraqi and Jordanian art and cultural figures, in addition to the media and satellite TV channels.

 

Opening of the 4th Personal Arabic Calligraphy Exhibition for Iraqi Calligrapher Adil Al-Hadi Under Patronage of the Iraqi Ambassador to Jordan At The Iraqi Business council Hall

Among the activities of IBC Cultural Program (Ibdaa), and under the patronage of the Iraqi Ambassador to Jordan Mr. Haider Al-Athari, the fourth personal exhibition for Arabic Calligraphy for Iraqi Calligrapher Adil Al-Hadi was opened on Wednesday, September 22nd 2021 on IBC Hall – 1st Floor.

During the opening ceremony and his exhibition tour with the Iraqi Ambassador Mr. Al-Athari, IBC’s President Dr. Majid Saedi, IBC’s Vice President & Secretary General Dr. Saad Naji, Iraqi Consul Mr. Waleed Al-Issawi, the Commercial Attaché Mr. Nabil Al-Karbouli and a number of IBC members, the Iraqi Calligrapher Adil Al-Hadi reviewed the artworks on display, which included technologies and different types of calligraphy that reflected different types and formations of Arabic Calligraphy of different schools represented by Al-Thulth, Al-Thulth Al-Jali (Clear Thulth), Al-Naskh, Al-Diwani, Al-Jali Al-Diwani Calligraphy, and the different types of Kufi Calligraphy; such as Al-Muwarraq (the leafy), square, Al-Madfour, Al-Taaleeq, Al-Ijaza, Al-Nesabouri and other types of Calligraphy.

The Calligrapher used colors as important elements in the composition of his paintings, and introduced the technique of decoration such as Al-Suleimi and Al-Nabati to give aesthetic aspect to the painting.

As for the selected texts, most texts were picked from the Holly Quran and Hadiths, in addition to the introduction of poetry with its various purposes such as praise and flirtation.

The event was attended by a number of artists, academics, media figures and IBC guests of the Iraqi community in Jordan, in addition to satellite TV channels, IBC CEO Mrs. Abeer Al-Naib and staff.

 

 

 

Opening of Hana Sadiq’s Exhibition Titled “Fashion & Jewelry with Modern Touches” At The Iraqi Business council Hall

Under the patronage of the Iraqi Ambassador to Jordan Mr. Haider Al-Adhari and his wife Mrs. Maysam Al-Rubaiei, the exhibition of the international designer Hana Sadiq titled “Fashions & Jewelry with Modern Touches” was opened on Monday July 12th 2021 on the Iraqi Business Council Hall / 1st floor.

The Iraqi Ambassador and his wife, IBC’s Vice President & Secretary General Dr. Saad Naji and IBC member Dr. Amila Naji toured the exhibition with designer Hana Sadiq to acquaint themselves with the exhibits, which reflected the Iraqi heritage with contemporary modernity and distinguished by the art of embroidery and writing poetic verses on the exhibited dresses with silk and reed threads and beads, in addition to the inclusion of conflicting colors in the same dress.

The exhibition also included unique jewelry made of silver and precious tones.

The event was attended by a number of the Iraqi Embassy staff, IBC guests, media and IBC Director General Mrs. Abeer Al-Naib and staff.

 

The idea of establishing the Iraqi Business Council is based on the common desire generated by a number of elites. Those who are Iraqi investors and businessmen on the territory of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan unanimous in the importance of creating economic reference for them, as well as for those who wish to join them in order to maximize Iraq’s investment in Jordan, as well as to contribute actively to Iraq’s construction and reconstruction.

The one who carried out the mission of founding is an elite of Iraqi businessmen of recognized competence and abilities. and since the Council’s inception in late 2006, members have worked towards efforts to support Iraqi investments in Jordan.

as well as coordination and cooperation with official entities, to find solutions and proposals to overcome obstacles and constraints facing investors s economic, investment and trade cooperation between Jordan and Iraq.

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Iraqi Business Council Participates as Community Partner & Supporter of Fine Arts In the largest Art & Cultural Gathering Held in Jordan

Among the activities of IBC Cultural Program, the Iraqi Business Council participated as a community partner and supporter of fine arts in the largest arts and cultural gathering held in Jordan organized by “Dar Al Funoun”.

The opening of this significant event took place on Saturday June 12th 2021 at “Swefieh Village” in the presence of HRH Wijdan Al-Hasimi, HRH Rajwa Al-Ali, IBC’s Vice President and Secretary General Dr. Saad Naji, IBC member Dr. Amila Naji, IBC Director General Mrs. Abeer Al-Naib and staff amidst organized presence that took into account social distancing meeting the conditions of public safety.

The event was attended by a group of artists, media and those interested in fine arts.  Over 160 artists participated in this pioneering art event and a large number of young artists were involved in this event in order to empower them and support their creations.

IBC participated in this distinguished event with a number of its collections of artworks of Iraqi artists who had earlier held art exhibitions on IBC hall.

 

The idea of establishing the Iraqi Business Council is based on the common desire generated by a number of elites. Those who are Iraqi investors and businessmen on the territory of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan unanimous in the importance of creating economic reference for them, as well as for those who wish to join them in order to maximize Iraq’s investment in Jordan, as well as to contribute actively to Iraq’s construction and reconstruction.

The idea of establishing the Iraqi Business Council was well-founded and blessed by the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

Accordingly, the approval of the competent Jordanian authorities was commended for launching the Iraqi Business Council in Jordan.

 

 

 

The Iraqi Business Council Hosts His Excellency The Iraqi Minister of Culture, Tourism & Antiquities Dr. Hassan Nadhim

As part of its (Ibdaa) Cultural Program, IBC hosted on Monday October 12th 2020 the Iraqi Minister of Culture, Tourism & Antiquities Dr. Hassan Nadhim via ZOOM Application to discuss the Ministry’s cultural projects and the available investment opportunities.

At the beginning of the session, IBC Chairman Dr. Majid Saedi welcomed the Minister and the participants, lauding the Iraqi Ministry of Culture, Tourism & Antiquities’ project on setting a date for the National Day, stressing that this is happening for the first time in the history of Iraq, and thanked the efforts of the Iraqi Minister in this respect.

Dr. Saedi also gave an overview on a number of achievements realized by the Council on all levels including IBC (Ibdaa) Cultural Program.
Dr. Saedi said that IBC is considered a link between the business community in Iraq and the international business community, referring to IBC role in strengthening the economic relations between Jordan and Iraq including the oil linkage between Basra and Jordan’s city of Aqaba.

He also said that IBC (Ibdaa) Cultural Program aims at honoring Iraqi creative personalities inside and outside Iraq, calling on future partnership between IBC and the Iraqi Ministry of Culture, Tourism & Antiquities.
On his part, the Iraqi Minister of Culture, Tourism & Antiquities Dr. Hassan Nadhim lauded IBC achievements in the economic and cultural fields, considering this meeting as an opportunity to discuss the Ministry’s cultural projects, listening to ideas and opinions that may be useful in implementing in the Ministry’s future projects.

The Minister lauded the project appertaining to honoring the Iraqi creative personalities within the Council’s (Ibdaa) Cultural Program for its cultural importance and the support it provides to scientists, artists and creative personalities.

He also expressed the Ministry’s readiness to become a partner in this Project, and talked about the reasons for choosing October 3rd to become Iraq’s National Day.

He further emphasized the Ministry’s efforts to choose a non-controversial day to become Iraqi’s National Day to be agreed upon by all Iraqis that is not subject to any religious, ethnic or similar sensitivity.

Therefore, October 3rd was chosen to be Iraq’s National Day, which is the day when Iraq joined the League of Nations, the day the British Mandate on Iraq ended and the day when Iraq became a country enjoying full sovereignty and international recognition.
The Minister further added that the Ministry was successful in separating the Holiday Law from the National Day Law to facilitate passing it, referring to the Ministry’s efforts to choose a non-controversial day to be a date for Iraq’s National Day agreed upon be everyone and is not subject to any calculations.

He pointed out Iraq’s National Anthem Project is still in the stage of discussion and there are two options in this regard; either choosing a text for a well-known Iraqi poet or composing a new text subject to a specific technical criteria.
The Iraqi Minister also answered a point raised by IBC Chairman Dr. Saedi on finding ways to encourage and regulate the tourism sector in Iraq, especially that the tourism revenue to the Iraqi National Production is almost meager, indicating that there are tendencies to work on changing the current situation and revitalizing tourism in Iraq despite the consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic crisis.
For his part, IBC Deputy Chairman and Secretary General Mr. Saad Naji reviewed the cultural activities held within IBC (Ibdaa) Project which characterized IBC before other similar business organizations that aim to support the civil society such as art exhibitions, honoring creative personalities, publicizing and book signing by writers and authors and holding cultural celebrations to introduce the great Mesopotamia Civilization to the Jordanian local society and the new young generations, in addition to holding cultural lectures, fashion shows and IBC sponsoring and printing books.
Mr. Naji touched upon the Participatory Applied National Committee in the Good Democratic Governance launched by the Iraqi Business Council in participation with the United Nations Economic & Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the Arab League during a workshop held by IBC in Amman, which dealt with partnership between the government sector, the private sector and the civil society organizations to formulate and decision-making in Iraq, stressing out that “this comes out of IBC’s belief that the citizen is the main partner in decision-making with the government”.
Mr. Naji also referred to the need for business communities to adopt the principles of the United Nations Global Compact, which emphasizes transparency, combating corruption, preserving environment, combating poverty and child labor, as IBC was one of the first organizations to join this Compact, calling on the Ministry of Culture to support the creative personalities honoring project, that comes under IBC (Ibdaa) Cultural Program, inside and outside Iraq through partnership with the Council.
The session included interventions by the participants on the protection of the intellectual property rights, combating the smuggling of antiquities, strengthening cultural relations with the Arab neighboring countries, especially Jordan, interest in tourism and supporting Iraqi creative personalities outside Iraq.

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Iraqi Business Council Hosts the Signing Ceremony of Dr. Majid Matar Al-Khateeb’s Book “The Path to Awareness”

Among the activities of its Cultural Program (Ibdaa) , IBC hosted on Saturday February 8th, 2020 on its Hall / 1st floor the signing ceremony of “The Path to Awareness” – a study on the foundations of awareness and environmental awareness – by the visiting guest from Baghdad Dr. Majid Matar Al-Khateeb, issued by (Dar Al-Thakira) for Publishing and Distribution.
At the beginning of the ceremony Dr. Shawqi Naji Al-Saati gave an introductory briefing about the Author, his academic degrees and works such as; (Citizenship and Environment, the Urban Fabric of Al-Najaf, Contemporary Studies on the Environment and Pollution, and Iraq’s Cultural and Economic History), and his supervising a number of thesis, in addition to chairing several committees in the same specialization.
The Author of the book Dr. Al-Khateeb welcomed the guests and expressed his thanks and gratitude to the Iraqi Business Council for hosting the signing ceremony of his book.
He then gave an overview on the most important contents of the book chapters, which is considered a study on the foundations of awareness and environmental awareness, and multiple visions of the concept of awareness, its implications, goals and types from which the five chapters were generated.
The first chapter of his book constituted an entrance to awareness to define it in terms of language and terminology, the concept of awareness and the relationship between awareness and reason.
The second chapter presented a historic vision of awareness, its roots and relationship with the human instinct, the historic stages of awareness and the relationship of awareness with the human needs.
In the third chapter, the Author talked about the main sources that formed and crystallized human awareness, the impact and role of the environmental information, education and environment and their importance in generating awareness and environmental awareness on the level of the individual and global community.
As for the fourth chapter, it constituted a broad entrance to the environment in its definitions and multiple components, in addition to indicating the relationship and mutual impact between the environment and sustainable development.
In the last chapter of his book, the Author focused on environmental awareness, its concept and objectives and means of achieving it and the necessity of preserving the environment.
The last chapter of the book ended by crystallizing the fruit of that awareness represented by the global concern and that of humanity as a whole with environment, its contemporary and serious problems that have occupied the mind of the world in the recent decades.
The ceremony included questions raised by the attendees and discussions on some points contained in the book.
At the end of the ceremony the Author signed copies of his book and presented to the attendees that included IBC members, intellectuals, academics and businessmen.

Iraqi Business Council (Ibdaa) Cultural Program Hosts the Book Signing Ceremony of “Al-Akheeth” (The Prisoner) For Journalist Muhammad Al-Sayyed Muhsin

As part of IBC (Ibdaa) Cultural Program, IBC hosted on Saturday November 16th, 2019 at IBC Hall/1st floor, the book signing ceremony of “Al-Akheeth” (The Prisoner) for Journalist Muhammad Al-Sayyed Muhsin.

At the beginning of the ceremony, the author Muhammad Al-Sayyed Muhsin talked about the harsh conditions he had lived for five years and seven months as a prisoner of war during the Iraqi – Iranian war which ended in August 8th, 1988.

The book is a biography of the author and a historical documentation of a stage almost forgotten as a result of major transformations in Iraq after 2003.
Muhammad Al-Sayyed Muhsin wrote “Al-Akheeth” (The Prisoner) depicting the journey of pain and suffering from Iraq towards the prisons of captivity in the Iranian capital Teheran, and explained in simple words how the Iraqi prisoners lived in the Iranian prisons, which was the content of the first chapter of the book.

In the second chapter he included two types of tales from the captivity prisons : narration of some events such as tales of the captivity baths.. tales of the insane prisoners in captivity, while the second part included tales with titles, heroes of which, as the writer documented, about men he described as “simple people, yet they were the heroes of those tales, so that I could tell everyone that history would not ignore or skip anything even concerning the simplest men and events”.
The author’s introduction was realistic and served as a biography of pain.. and a talk about the untold.
The ceremony was attended by a crowd of Iraqis and artists, and the famous Iraqi singer Sadoun Jabir had a special presence.
On IBC side, the ceremony was attended by IBC Chairman Dr. Majid Saedi, IBC Deputy Chairman and Secretary General Mr. Saad Naji, IBC members; Mr. Turkey Al-Qaisi, who in turn presented the author Muhammad Muhsin with a gift (the map of Iraq), Mr. Muhammad Al-Baldawi, in addition to a large number of IBC Cultural Committee members, journalists, satellite TV channels, IBC CEO and staff.

Iraqi Business Council Hosts a Cultural Evening On “Mesopotamia Civilization”

As part of the activities of IBC Cultural Program (Ibdaa), and under the patronage of HRH Princess Alia Bint Al-Hussein, IBC hosted on Wednesday September 25th, 2019 at the Grand Millennium Hotel – Amman a cultural evening on the Civilization of Mesopotamia in cooperation with the team of the British Cultural Anhidwana Association.

The evening included performances in which the “ZIBANG” team that included two storytellers; Badi Obeid and John Peters told tales from the Mesopotamian era such as “Adaba”, “Sidori” and “The Master and the Slave” Tales.

Also, Dr. Martin Worthington, who is a specialist in Ancient Iraqi languages, presented a summary on “A Poor Man From Nippu” film that he had adapted and produced in the Babylonian language and was screened during the evening.
The evening also included an exhibition for artist Hamid Ruweid, which showed copies of a number of works of arts about the civilization of Mesopotamia, on which the artist presented a summary of the symbols and historic indications they included.

The ceremony was attended by IBC Chairman, Board members and members of the General Assembly, elite artists and journalists, in addition to satellite TV channels.

The activity was presented in English and Arabic.

It is noteworthy that (Ibdaa) Cultural Program has promoted the civilization of Mesopotamia in cooperation with (ZIBANG) storytelling team, who held this show for the second year in a row.

 

Iraqi Business Council Hosts the Announcement & Signing Ceremony Of the First Part of a Book Titled “Chatting” By the Media Personality Dr. Majeed Al-Samarraie

As Part of the activities of IBC Cultural Program (Ibdaa), IBC hosted on Monday September 23rd, 2019 at Orfali Gallery – Umm Utheina the signing and announcement ceremony of the first part of the prominent media personality Dr. Majeed Al-Samarraie’s book titled (Chatting) on the sidelines of a question “How Did You See The World?), which was published by (Thakera House for Publishing & Distribution).

At the beginning of the ceremony, which was sponsored by IBC – Jordan and presented by Journalist Muhammad Al-Sayyed Muhsin, who praised in his opening speech the efforts exerted by Dr. Majeed Al-Samarrai where he rephrased his guests’ words and documented in his book.

For his part, Dr. Al-Samarrair said that “his effort is supportive to the documentation of what his guests talked about during his television program, which continued over 13 years on Al-Sharqiyah TV Channel”, during which he had hosted Iraqi innovators in various fields of artistic creativity including singers, journalists, directors, actors, painters, thinkers, etc., who he believed had the right to have their views in answering the question “How Did You See The World?” documented in a book recalling their views.

At the end of the ceremony Dr. Al-Samarraie extended his thanks to IBC for sponsoring and organizing the signing ceremony.
The ceremony was attended by the Iraqi Ambassador to Jordan Mrs. Safiya Al-Siheil and a number of members of the diplomatic missions at the Embassy.

On IBC side, the ceremony was attended by IBC Chairman Dr. Majid Saedi, IBC Deputy Chairman and Secretary General Mr. Saad Naji and IBC members; Dr. Amila Naji, Mr. Turkey Al-Qaissi, Engineer Muhammad Al-Baghdadi, Dr. Muhammad Al-Baldawi, in adition to IBC CEO and staff.

The ceremony was also attended by a crowd of intellectuals, artists, innovators and writers of the Iraqi community and the Jordanian community, in addition to media personalities and satellite TV channels.