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The Shahed - Ayman Samawi, Executive Director of the Jerash Festival for Culture and Arts, expressed great satisfaction with the 11th edition of the Bashayer Jerash Youth Talent Program, emphasizing its essential role as a fertile mine that provides the cultural and artistic scene with genuine talents by discovering and presenting them to the community for support and nurturing.

During the announcement of the participants' names in the 11th edition of the program, following a series of searches, excavations, and evaluations overseen by specialists in each creative field, Samawi stated that the festival has always supported young people and will offer them distinguished and remarkable appearances.

Samawi pointed out that all program activities will take place on the stages and exhibition halls of the Royal Cultural Center from July 25 to August 1, making it easier for participants and their families.

Ramzi Al-Ghazzawi, the program's director and a literary media figure, stated that the program does not poets, writers, or artists; rather, its role lies in searching for and identifying genuine talents, providing a platform for their launch and prominence, so they receive the care and attention they deserve to serve life.

Al-Ghazzawi added that he is pleased with the increasing number of applicants each year, noting that the program, which started in 2012, focuses on poetry, storytelling, cinema, visual arts, photography, and Arabic calligraphy, praising the support and encouragement from the festival's high committee, executive management, public and private universities, and the writers and artists who recommended talented individuals for participation.

In the field of poetry, participants include Areij Mahmoud Abd Brais, Mahmoud Mohammad Yaser Yusef, Waad Mohammad Taher Al-Qudumi, Huda Mohammad Ali Makhatrah, Abdullah Yusef Abdulrazak Al-Zu'bi, Khaloud Ibrahim Khalil Al-Waked, Salah Adnan Al-Zu'bi, Abdulraouf Al-Samadi, Yazan Saleh Suleiman Abu Audeh, and Masa Husam Al-Zu'bi.

In the field of short stories, participants include Hala Basem Fahd Al-Qabilat, Khitam Maher Yusef Al-Hunaiti, Anoud Waleed Rasmi Marji, Zain Mosleh Abdul Fattah Al-Najjar, Razan Fawaz Sabrah Al-Kasawani, Fatima Salama Abdul-Monsif Al-Maz, Rahaf Aladdin Ahmad Al-Ghraibeh, Salma Maher Mohammad Ahmeid, Osama Mahdi Al-Kubaisi, Sally Basel Khalil, Hisham Akram Sammour, and Tala Ahmad Fasfus.

In the field of cinema, participants include Amr Bayoumi, Natali Al-Kasawani, Abdullah Badawi, Ahmad Ayoub, and Farah Al-Deiri. In the field of photography, participants include Qusay Ibrahim Al-Na'anah, Younes Mohammad Al-Rawashdeh, Ahmad Nahed Awad, Hasan Osama Jawhar, Saddam Yahya Bani Hamed, Ahmad Abdullah Haza’ Osman, Ahmad Al-Ouratani, Obadah Raed Qahoush, Husam Issam Kamal, and Ali Omar Zaki.

In the field of visual arts, participants include Maya Mohammad Al-Malak, Maram Mohammad Abu Sanina, Mahmoud Issam Shahin, Ahlam Imad Al-Aaridah, Tala Aref Al-Tamimi, Nibal Ayman Al-Adwan, Mariam Nabil Salah, Tasneem Dia Al-Zahir, Shorouq Mohammad Nassif, Ahmad Abdullah Hammad, Ghalia Osama Mahmoud, Razan Yaser Al-Asali, Hussein Abdulrazak Al-Mansour, Saleh Mohammad Al-Nabulsi, Abdullah Ibrahim Al-Sous, Asmaa Yusha Bakir, Aya Fakher Khalifat, Rasha “Mohammad Samir” Amr, Amina Hasan Mahmoud Ali, Reem Mahmoud Lahlouh, Marah Raed Al-Amouri, Yara Abdullah Al-Khatib, Mariam Ashraf Sammour, Ramz Mohammad Al-Ghaziwat, Shaima Qaheer Attout, Omar Mahmoud Hammad, Sarah Mohammad Salem Al-Taleb, Malak Raafat Abdulhamid Jaffal, Raneem Khalid Al-Tweissi, Balqis Muneer Hamouda, Kafayah Abdulqader Aujan, Malak Khalil Said Abdulalim, Doha Khalil Quwaidar, Dana Mohammad Rasheed, Jude Mustafa Al-Barasneh, Zina Fahd Al-Dajani, Manar Bilal Akkour, Fadwa Suleiman Nazzal, Hiam Zuhair Khroub, and Farah Faiz Al-Anzi.

In the field of Arabic calligraphy, participants include Sereen Al-Shoubaki, Nasreen Abu Al-Saman, Amira Abdulhamid, Issa Razi Al-Shawabkeh, Mariam Bani Isa, Maysar Al-Sebihat, Iman Hasan Othman, Ghaida Basil Shweihat, Ahmad Mawoud, Manal Kanaan, Sihan Ghanem, Reem Al-Jaabari, Hind Atef, Maya Alyan, and Haneef Salem.

The screening and evaluation committee consisted of writer and critic Professor Dr. Sobha Alqam, writer and critic Dr. Nahla Al-Shuqran, film critic journalist Naji Hassan, visual artist Kamal Abu Halaweh, photographer Socrates Qahoush, and calligrapher artist Ali Al-Jizawi.