Al Maleh and Fishing Festival kicks off

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

The 10th edition of “Al Maleh and Fishing Festival”, one of the top heritage and tourism festivals devoted to the fish salting industry in the region, kicked off yesterday evening (Thursday) in the city of Dibba Al Hisn.

Organised collaboratively by the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), Dibba Al Hisn City Municipality, and Dibba Al Hisn Municipal Council, the festival will run until September 3. Drawing attention from a wide spectrum of attendees, the festival welcomed representatives from various ministries, government bodies, private sector firms, salted fish specialists, as well as the local fishing community and productive families.

The opening ceremony was attended by a host of dignitaries, including Abdullah Sultan Al Owais, Chairman of the SCCI;  Salim Ali Al Muhairi, Chairman of the Sharjah Municipal Council; Ahmed Abdullah bin Yarouf Al Naqbi, Chairman of the Dibba Al Hisn Municipal Council; HE Sulaiman Abdullah Suleiman bin Sarhan Al Zaabi, Head of the Municipal Affairs Department in Sharjah; HE Matar bin Ahmed Al Naqbi, Chairman of the Sharjah Fish Resources Authority (SFRA); and  Dr. Mohammed Abdullah bin Huwaiden, Chairman of Al Dhaid Municipality Council.

Also present were HE Dr. Rashid Khamis Obaid Al Naqbi, Chairman of Khorfakkan Municipal Council, a number of members of the Chamber’s Board of Directors, HE Mohammad Ahmed Amin Al Awadi, Director-General of SCCI, Abdul Aziz Shattaf, Assistant Director-General for the Communications and Business Sector; SCCI, HE Talib Abdullah Al Yahyai, Director of Dibba Al Hisn Municipality,   Hamad Rashid Mohammed bin Masoud Al Tunaiji, Director of the Municipality of Al Dhaid City, HE Ahmed Sultan Al Dhahouri, Deputy Chairman of Dibba Al Hisn Municipal Council, and HE Khalil AlMansouri, Director of Expo Khorfakkan. This is in addition to members of the city’s municipal council, a number of directors of federal and local government departments in the city, and representatives of the entities participating in the festival.