Cultural Salon

The Cultural Salon is the team responsible for orchestrating the cultural events of Almuntada delivered freely to the community with high standards and creative ideas.  They have been successfully leading the way to showcase the Iraqi culture, engage members on the community in social activities, and provide a provide narrative of civil Iraq and the emerging Iraqi community in Australia.

shanasheel iraqi cultural festival

The Shanasheel Iraqi Cultural Festival is the home brand of our organisation that has been organised for 5 years by our artistic and talented Cultural Salon team in collaboration with the Women & Design team.  The Annual festival has been the Iraqi showcase that reflected the lives, culture and the civil society of Iraq.  The festival director, Mr. Firas Naji, has been instrumental to organise and lead the delivery of the festival.  We had attracted audience from all walks of life and it has been funded by various sources including federal, state, local government agencies as well as the media such as Panorama newspaper and NGO organisations such as STARTTS.

Aljawahiry annual poetry festival

Mohammed Aljawahiry, a prominent Iraqi poet, a household brand of Arabic poem, is the title of the annual poetry festival that has attracted poem and literature lovers over the years.  A clturally rich event organised and directed by members of the Cultural Salon, led by poet Wade'a Shamikh and Dr Ahmad Alrubaie.  The 2017 festival theme was dedicated to poet Sarkon Polis, a well known Iraqi poet of Assyrian background.

مهرجان الجواهري الشعري السابع – دورة الشاعرة لميعة عباس عمارة

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