Subject: Festival’s catalogue Debuted-International Cartoon Contest, “We Defeat Corona”-2020
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NEWS | Festival’s catalogue Debuted-International Cartoon Contest, “We
Defeat Corona”-2020 

Festival’s catalogue Debuted-International Cartoon Contest, “We Defeat
Corona”-2020 
Festival’s catalogue Debuted-International Cartoon Contest, “We Defeat
Corona”-2020 

Festival’s catalogue Debuted-International Cartoon Contest, “We Defeat
Corona”-2020

Festival’s catalogue Debuts-International Cartoon Contest, “We Defeat
Corona”-2020

“Undoubtedly, the contagious of corona virus proved the way to defeat
this malignant virus is neither common political power nor economic
power, nor the racist thinking of some politicized Western cultures,
but the only way to get rid of this virus is to promote the culture of
a society, especially the culture and ethics of health cares, and
definitely art is one of the most direct and effective ways to develop
human culture in an explicit and universal language.” Dr. Saeed Namaki,
Iran’s Minister of Health, Treatment, and Medical Education, “Preface
to the catalogue of SUMS International Cartoon Contest”

In the presence of the Chancellor of Shiraz University of Medical
Sciences (SUMS), on 27 Sept. 2020, a debut ceremony was thrown by SUMS
to introduce the catalogue of SUMS International Cartoon Contest, “We
Defeat Corona”.

Organizing a competition which can have an international impact was
highly demanding and required full cooperation and harmony among every
individual of the contest’s executive committee, Dr. Mehrzad Lotfi,
SUMS chancellor and head of the contest, said at the ceremony.  

 

The catalogue includes 500 selected outworks out of over 4200 submitted
pieces, Dr. Kooroush Azizi, the executive director of the contest
explains. As he remarked, this contest was an endeavor to incorporate
art and pure human feelings into science. The international language of
Art is the clearest and most conspicuous one which not only
communicates human concerns but also effectively teaches the society
general public instructions, Dr. Azizi added.

Mohammad Javad Zare Mohazabiyeh, one of the festival’s secretaries,
delivered the closing speech describing the festival’s catalogue. He
declared that the catalogue is printed in a quarto book format with a
size of 220mm* 220mm.  In conclusion, he appreciated the impressive
participation of the cartoonists and caricaturists from across the
globe.