{"id":58339,"date":"2021-12-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kuwaitnewsgazette.com\/?guid=8cae81b4c3aeab994b275728416a4593"},"modified":"2021-12-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T00:00:00","slug":"demised-sheikh-duaij-recalled-for-tangible-contributions-to-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewsgazette.com\/demised-sheikh-duaij-recalled-for-tangible-contributions-to-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Demised Sheikh Duaij recalled for tangible contributions to arts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters on Saturday mourned with deep sorrow and distress demise of the eminent lyric poet and playwright Sheikh Duaij Al-Khalifa Al-Sabah (1972-2021).<\/P>
Dr. Issa Al-Ansari, the council official spokesperson, conveyed in a statement condolence by Minister of Information, Culture, Minister of State for Youth Affairs and the NCCA Chairman, Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi, and the NCCA Secretary General Kamel Abduljelil, as well as all the council personnel to the bereaved family of the deceased.<\/P>
“The lyric poet and playwright Sheikh Duaij Al-Khalifa has departed us leaving behind a lot of contributions in various realms,” Al-Ansari eulogized the demised prominent personality.<\/P>
Dr. Al-Ansari recalled Sheikh Duaij for composing patriotic and romantic songs in addition to his contributions to the national theater.<\/P>
He was honorary chairperson of the folkloric theatre, composer of various poetic and literary works published by Kuwaiti and Gulf magazines. Moreover, he also had a hand in the development of the local cinema.<\/P>
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Source: Kuwait News Agency<\/P>
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The National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters on Saturday mourned with deep sorrow and distress demise of the eminent lyric poet and playwright Sheikh Duaij Al-Khalifa Al-Sabah (1972-2021).Dr. Issa Al-Ansari, the council official spokesperson, con…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n