Abdulaziz Saud Al-abtain, Chairman of Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation received on Thursday 07/09/2017, the Distinguished Global Leadership and Humanitarian Award from Dr John Duke Anthony , founder and president of the National Council on US-Arab Relations.

The UN General Assembly President, Peter Thompson invited the Foundation Chairman Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain to give a speech on Culture of Peace at a High Level Forum to be held at the United Nations Headquarters, on September 7, 2017.

Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation has issued a new updated version of the biography of the Chairman, poet Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain which highlights also his cultural achievements.

Acclaimed Kuwaiti poet and humanitarian person Abdul-Aziz Saud Al-Babtain received an honorary doctorate from the University of Stirling in Scotland for his creative writing and poetry, philanthropy and activism for peace, according to the university’s website.

The activities of the 10th edition of the Spring of Arabic poetry Festival was concluded yesterday evening with a seminar on the second celebrated poet Mustafa Wahbi Al-Tal, better known as Arar, and the third poetry reading night.

In the opening of the Spring of Arabic Poetry Festival in Al-Babtain Foundation, His Excellency the Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister of Information Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah

Within the activities of the 10th edition of the Spring of Arabic Poetry Festival, a seminar dedicated to the celebrated Kuwaiti poet Yaqoub Abdullah Al-Rasheed discussed the interest of critics and public in his poetry.

The 10th edition of the Spring of Arabic Poetry Festival kicked off yesterday evening under the auspices of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and the presence of His Excellency the Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister of Information Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah

The World Academy Poetry, based in Verona, Italy, renewed for the third time unanimously the honorary presidency of poet Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain, who was elected as Emeritus President for the first time in 2011.

Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation announced the programme of the 10th Season of Spring of Arabic Poetry Festival, held under the auspices of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, on March 26-27, 2017 at the theatre of Al-Babtain Central Library for Arabic Poetry.

The Abdulaziz Al Saud Al Babtain Cultural Foundation participated in the World Poetry Academy’s Celebration of World Poetry Day, entitled, “Poetry as World DNA: Indentity and Traditions in the contemporary world”, which was held on Saturday March 18, in Verona, Italy.

The poet Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain opened, on Tuesday March 14, 2017, the new public library of Kuwait Society of Engineers. The library, overseen by the Society cultural club “Intellectual Corners”, is considered as an important cultural contribution from the Society to its members from Kuwaiti engineers and the community as a whole.