The names of the poets who will participate in the annual Mushaira 2008 have been announced. The much awaited Urdu cultural extravaganza is scheduled to be held at the auditorium of the International Indian School in Jeddah, at 9:00 PM on June 5. Sixteen leading poets from different parts of India have been invited for the annual event. They include such famous names as Iqbal Ash'har (New Delhi), Dr. Kaleem Kaiser, Azm Shakeri (Uttar Pradesh), Surender Singh Shajar (Punjab), Mesum Rizvi Gopalpuri, Alam Khursheed (Bihar), Dr. Zia Tonki (Rasjasthan), Mukhtar Yousufi, Irfan Jafri (Maharashtra), Girgut Ahmedabadi (Gujrat), Nusrat Mehdi, Anjum Barabankvi (Madhya Pradesh), Sulaiman Khumar (Karnataka), Rahman Jami, Mohsin Jalganvi and Hina Shaheedi (Andhra Pradesh). Another Mushaira is scheduled to be held in Riyadh on June 12. The Indian Consulate General in Jeddah said there would be a separate announcement regarding Mushaira passes. __