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Fri, 12/09/2011 - 23:06
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Exciting and Impressive Opening Ceremony of 12th Arab Games 2011

Doha , December 09 (QNA) - HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani patronized the opening ceremony of the Arab Games 2011, held at Khalifa International Stadium on Friday evening. HH the Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani ,HH the Emir's Personal Representative HH Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani and HH the Emir's Special Advisor HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani also attended the opening ceremony. It was also attended by HE Deputy Premier and Chairman of the Administrative Control and Transparency Authority Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah, and a number of Their Excellences sheikhs and the ministers. A number of their Excellences the Arab Presidents, the Arab League Secretary General HE Dr.Nabil el Arabi, GCC Secretary General HE Abdul-Latif el Zayani, the distinguished guests of the country along with the heads of the diplomatic corpses accredited to Qatar also attended the event. HH the Emir signaled the beginning of the ceremony amidst the applause of the exciting fans, estimated at 40,000 audiences from the different Arab communities in Qatar whose respective sports teams are contesting in the games. Before His Highness the emir's entrance into the khalifa international stadium, a short video clip showing the features of the renaissance the State of Qatar has been witnessing in several fields, was played. Prior to the official opening ceremonies, a traditional folkloric and artistic activities were performed and started with an audio-visual presentation .Then jassim bin mohamed school presented the popular ar'daa , followed by a folkloric dance by zakrit school and later followed by Egyptian singer Ehab Tawfiq sang a set of songs to the audience and then sang part of the famous ''The Arab Dream'' operetta . The ceremony was attended by around 40,000 fans. The field had 86 projectors that covered 12,600 square meters. The projectors framed the main background for the event, becoming like a stage to the performers. The total number of performance team were 3240 volunteers, including 700 perfomers and volunteers in addition to 40 orchestra musicians and 2500 athletes contesting in the Arab Games 2011. The performances were inspired from Islamic stories that show that Allah the Almighty created people as equals and are enjoying heavenly and humanitarian sublime values where the Arab peoples sending messages of peace, freedom and optimism to the whole world. (QNA)

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