Middle East Business: Al Dhaid Date Festival ends with 30,000 visitors – Gulf Digital News

Middle East Business: Al Dhaid Date Festival ends with 30,000 visitors – Gulf Digital News

The 6th edition of Al Dhaid Date Festival in Sharjah, UAE concluded on July 24 at Expo Al Dhaid, after four days of heritage activities and competitions among exhibitors, which attracted more than 30,000 visitors.

Organised by the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) from July 21 to 24, the festival explored and learnt about the best and finest types of dates. The event was held under the theme "The Aroma of The Past... The Blossoming Present.”

The festival was concluded with an honouring ceremony held in the presence of Abdullah Sultan Al Owais, Chairman of the Chamber, a number of members of the Chamber’s Board of Directors, Abdul Aziz Shattaf, Assistant Director-General for the Communications and Business Sector, and Mohamed Mosbeh Al Tunaiji, the festival's general coordinator. This is in addition to members of the Organizing Committee and a number of directors, officials and representatives of government entities taking part in the event.

Al Owais together with a number of officials and members of the festival’s organizing committee honoured winners of the beauty competitions, some government entities and partners.

Cash prizes worth AED1 million ($272,000) have been distributed over the course of four days to 145 lucky winners of the festival’s six