The 38th Jerash Festival for Culture and Arts, kicked off at the Jordanian Archaeological Site of Jerash, on Wednesday, proclaiming the launch of a special edition of cultural and art demonstration in solidarity with the Palestinian people. And Art, cultural, intellectual and folklore shows will commence at noon on Thursday. Jordanian Minister of Culture and head of the festival's supreme committee, Haifa Al Najjar, affirmed that this year's event comes to confirm solidarity for Arab causes, foremost of which, is the Palestinian question. CEO of the festival, Ayman Samawi, so far, emphasized that the current edition would not feature a concert for the first time in four decades, in solidarity with the Gaza Strip, highlighting that a fundraising program would be held, while 40 Jordanian, Arab, and foreign artists have donated the revenues of their art paintings to children in Gaza. The festival comprises an intellectual and cultural program that features a combination of poems during evening times, with the participations of poets from Jordan and Arab world, along with a conference on renaissance thought renewal, and short story transformations forum, in addition to hosting wide-ranging Palestinian events. Source: Qatar News Agency