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Sheikha Hussah addresses int''l forum among dignitaries

Sheikha Hussah Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Director-General and Co-founder of Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah (DAI) of Kuwait
Sheikha Hussah Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Director-General and Co-founder of Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah (DAI) of Kuwait
VATICAN CITY, April 19 (KUNA) -- Sheikha Hussah Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Director-General and Co-founder of Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah (DAI) of Kuwait, joins later on Friday eminent figures from around the world in an international forum on religious freedom.
The forum, organized by the Pontifical Council for Culture and the global program TEDx, will be held at the Vatican grand hall, the Auditorium della Conciliazione. Lecturers are scheduled to address religious freedom from creative cultural, artistic and scientific perspectives.
Archbishop Giancarlo Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, is due to open the event, to be broadcast by various media and electronic networks.
Sheikha Hussa will be among prominent figures in addressing the international forum, along with astronomer Guy Consolmagno, chemist Pilar Mateo, singer Gloria Estefan, basketball player Vlade Divac, Mexican architect Fernando Romero and Chinese educational specialist Wenzhong Wang.
In her address, the renowned Kuwaiti personality tackles art as a concept in light of her long and rich experience, its effects on man's intellectual thoughts, interaction and dialogue among various peoples of the world.
The forum sheds light on freedom of belief as a basic human right, role of religion in man upbringing.
On Thursday, Sheikha Hussa commended the amicable relationship between the State of Kuwait and the Vatican City. Speaking to KUNA following her meeting with Pope Francis, she said: "I've had the honor to be the first Kuwaiti official to meet Pope Francis since he took office in mid-March." Sheikha Hussah praised as cordial the atmosphere of the meeting, saying that Pope Francis expressed sincere desire to boost inter-faith dialogue and understanding among nations. (end) mn.rk KUNA 191037 Apr 13NNNN