On behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, Governor of Makkah Region, patronized here Tuesday evening the 4th Okaz Cultural Festival under the theme "Okaz Festival: a Theatre of Life". On arrival at the venue of the festival, Prince Khalid Al-Faisal was received by Prince Faisal bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud, Minister of Education; Dr. Abdulaziz Khoja, Minister of Culture and Information; Fahd bin Abdulaziz bin Muammer, Governor of Al-Taif Province, and senior officials. Prince Khalid Al-Faisal was accompanied by Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, President of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities, who is also member of Okaz Festival's Supervisory Committee. Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, then, was briefed on the contents of the festival and shown a documentary film on Okaz Festival. He signed an agreement to set up Okaz Grand Tent where the event will be held in future. In what he called an extraordinary literary and poetic-inspired speech, Dr. Khoja addressed the gathering. He thanked Qatar's Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Kawari for attending the event.
