The fourth edition of Souq Okaz Edifying festival will begin in Taif on Sept. 28. Taif city is all geared up for the festival to be held under the patronage of Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, Emir of Makkah region. Prince Faisal Bin Abdullah, Minister of Education, Prince Sultan Bin Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, President of the Saudi Commission of Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) and Dr. Abdul Aziz Khoja, Minister of Culture and Information, will be among the dignitaries attending the festival's opening ceremony. Prince Khaled will also lay the foundation of the Okaz Tent project, a huge hall built on an area of 4,000 square meters and enough for around 3,000 people. The SR36 million project will be carried through by Bin Laden Group and will take around eight months to complete.
