Aqaba to launch celebrations as city of culture for 2016

AMMAN — The Ministry of Culture has set Wednesday as the day to launch the activities celebrating Aqaba as Jordan’s city of culture for 2016. The celebrations will be in parallel with marking the centennial of the Great Arab Revolt, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

A total of 1,205 cultural and artistic projects are expected to be held in Aqaba, some 330km south of Amman, to celebrate it as the city of culture.

The activities include art exhibitions, film screenings, musical and theatre performances, and cultural seminars. Since 2007, a city has been selected every year to be a city of culture, starting with Irbid. Jerash was the cultural city of 2015, Petra reported.