In the fourth week of July 2023, the final art festival of the community peace and consolidation of religious coexistence initiative in Kirkuk was held in the context of religious and belief freedoms for Kirkuk community, which was implemented by Parsa Organization for Sustainable Development with the support of Peace and Freedom Organization and within the Participatory grantmaking in JISRA project.


The festival came against the backdrop of promoting the concept of freedom of religion and belief and ensuring sustainable societal peace. Where Parsa organization revived an art festival in which many artistic paragraphs were presented that reflect the art and heritage of the components of Kirkuk, where the festival included a speech about the initiative, an exhibition of handicrafts, a plastic exhibition, musical performances and popular Dabkat for the spectrums of Kirkuk and poetry.


The festival was attended by many personalities and activists from representatives of civil society organizations and representatives of different religions, also thanks and appreciation by a representative of Kirkuk Provincial Council