based al-Jazeerah said the inauguration of the 24th national festival for heritage and culture at Janadriya constitutes a beginning for the Saudi cultural spring. It noted that the inauguration of the national festival was accompanied by the opening of the international book show which displays more than 250,000 books. The daily disclosed that the names of the winners of King Abdullah's International Prize for Translation will be announced later today. The prize constitutes support to the cultural dialogue among the nations because translation is an effective way for enhancing contacts with others. Moreover, the prize constitutes a scientific and cultural project and a fruit for the directives of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz to cement dialogue among the civilizations, the daily added. --MORE
