Minister of Culture and Information Iyad bin Ameen Madani held a lunch party today in honor of the official guests of the Janadriya National Festival for Heritage and Culture, ongoing in Al-Janadriya village on the outskirts of Riyadh city. Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Sabeel, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture and Information for Cultural Affairs, drew the attention that Riyadh is currently hosting several cultural major events. He cited Janadriya Festival for Heritage and Culture, Riyadh book fair, King Abdullah's International Prize for Translation, and King Faisal International Prize. He said the Ministry of Culture and Information runs 16 literary clubs throughout the Kingdom in addition to 12 branches of the Saudi Arabian Association for Culture and Arts. --More