It was a great honour to celebrate Al-Sayyab (AsSyyab), the father of the Modern Arab Poetry, in his home city, Basrah-Iraq where his statue lies on Shatt-al-Arab.
Following preparation to surround the statue with barriers to protect the area from any vandalism, a formal representative, Dr. Hassan Al-Jenabi, Minister of Water Resources, and family members represented by the daughter Alaa Al-Sayyab opened the statue on the 2nd of February only to wake up on destructions to the barriers the following morning.
Is this how we celebrate public and famous figures in Iraq?
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