AlMalik explained, in an address at an event on this occasion under the theme “Poems of Light”, that “this forum will address issues related to poetry, will support poets and will make the World Poetry Day an annual celebration of exceptional poems each time in one of the capitals of Islamic countries”.
The event was attended by poets from Morocco, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Senegal, Mauritania, Sudan, Maldives, Lebanon, Bahrain, Yemen, Cameroon and Tunisia.
