Iraqi Cultural Exhibition 2013

Mar7aba! Imperial College Iraqi Society is excited to announce the arrival of London?s biggest Iraqi networking event, the Iraqi Cultural Exhibition ? ICE. But this year it comes with a twist! Since 2008 the Iraqi Cultural Exhibition has been privileged enough to host in excess of 400 Iraqi guests every year! To celebrate this being our 5th Iraqi Cultural Exhibition, the event is being revolutionised to be bigger and more exciting than ever! We?ve come to learn that the most beautiful part of the Iraqi CulturalExhibition is YOU; Iraqis from all over London coming together to celebrate Iraqs culture. So, this year we hope to give you all an opportunity to showcase your undeniable passion for Iraq with a small Iraqi talent competition as part of this year?s ICE. Whether your talent is Iraqi poetry (English or Arabic), art or music, register a place for the competition by emailing iraqisoc@imperial.ac.uk with your name and talent field. *There will a prize of £500 for the winner.* Poetry and music will be limited to 5 minute pieces. We are further honored to have the renowned Iraqi poet, Adnan Al-Sayegh, and respected Iraqi artist, Adnan Hussein, to judge the talent competition this year. We also have the following lined up: - Iraqi souk ** NEW THIS YEAR. - Iraqi art and photo exhibition ** NEW THIS YEAR - Oud and Iraqi poetry performance - We are also proud to be hosting the following organisations in our exhibition: Al-Kindi Society for Iraqi Engineers Aqiq Charity Babylon Trust British Institute for Study of Iraq (BISI) Gulan Hope for Iraq Iraqi cultural Attache Iraqi Cultural centre Iraqi Youth Foundation Iraqi Orphan Foundation Iraqi Medical Association Iraq Relief Iraqi Professionals UK Iraqi Embassy Iraqi Welfare Association Save Iraq?s Children Student Iraqi Medical Association More organisations are yet to confirm attendance and will be added to the list very soon! There will be food, refreshments and chai. As usual this event will is FREE and will be televised by Al Iraqiya television. We would also like to thank our generous sponsors, the Iraqi Cultural Centre London (ICCL) for funding the Iraqi Talent Competition. We can't wait to see you all there! Imperial College Iraqi Society