<p align=&#34;justify&#34;>How beautiful is it to have creative artists from all over the world meeting on the land of Palestine to celebrate a theater demonstration that establishes the cultural life that we desperately need to consolidate and develop, so it can become part of our daily details, and how beautiful it is to intensify the Palestinian, Arab, and international efforts to achieve this, especially in such atmosphere of political uncertainty that doesn’t give us&nbsp; any of our legitimate rights having control over our natural capabilities, or our&nbsp; geographic boundaries.</p>
<p align=&#34;justify&#34;>We have been - and over the past six months - in an ongoing struggle with the theatrical shows schedule, and with acquiring entry permits to Palestine, for our Arab colleagues and with obtaining the necessary funds to host the teams and guests, and the rest of the other necessary expenses, but we decided to stand - forcefully - in front of all the obstacles and the political, economic and social circumstances to achieve this festival.</p>
<p align=&#34;justify&#34;>And here we are today, standing before you to introduce this modest effort &#34;Almanara Theater&nbsp; Days International Festival” in its third session, as our contribution in the process of giving the Palestinian culture a push forward, and in keeping it glowing along the way.</p>
<p align=&#34;justify&#34;>Finally, we would like thank and appreciate the role of everyone involved in the completion of this theatrical event, headed by, the Prime Minister Dr. Salam Fayyad, for the continuous support he shows to us, and for sponsoring this session of Theater Days, in addition to the distinguished cultural code of honor he declared on the Palestinian culture day and from the rostrum of our immortal poet Mahmoud Darwish.<br />I also thank Her Excellency, D. Siham Barghouthi, the Minister of Culture, Her Excellency&nbsp; Dr. Laila Ghanem –the Mayor of&nbsp; Al-Bireh and Ramallah,&nbsp; Ms. Janet Michael, the head of Ramallah municipality, Mr. Jamal Tawil, mayor of Al-Bireh, Mr. Azzam Shawa, director of the Bank of Jerusalem, and His Excellency&nbsp; Mr. Abdul Raouf Basti, Minister of Culture and Heritage Preservation of the Republic of Tunisia, Mr. Habib Ben Farah, Acting Ambassador of Tunisia in Palestine, and His Excellency Mr. Bensalem Himmich, Moroccan Minister of Culture, His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Alhmzawi, the&nbsp; Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco in Palestine, and Mr. French cultural attaché, and Mrs. Lucien, director of the French Cultural Center in Nablus, and our colleagues Ayman Kandil, and Malik Taha from the Ministry of Civil Affairs.</p>
<p align=&#34;justify&#34;>Thank you all for the great help you have given to us in achieving Almanara Theater Days.</p>
<p align=&#34;justify&#34;>George Ibrahim<br />Director of Almanara Theater Days Festival<br /></p>