Ammon News - Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh Wednesday inaugurated the opening ceremony of the 37th Jerash Festival and the lighting of the festival's flame.

The opening was attended by ministers in Jordan, the Minister of Culture of Egypt, Dr. Nevin Kilani, the Minister of Culture of Lebanon, Judge Muhammad Mortada, and Arab guests, intellectuals, artists and media professionals.

Jordan's Culture Minister, Haifaa Najjar, said, "Today, the joy continues, and in this Jerashian, Jordanian, Arab, humanitarian evening that is fragrant with your presence. A new star will emerge for the life of the Jerash Festival for Culture and Arts."

Najjar said, "The Jerash Festival in the deep meaning of time and place represents a broad national title in the national narrative that is based on the accumulation of human civilised work.