The opening ceremony was attended by a number of religious and academic figures, reciting verses from the Holy Quran and reading Fatiha in memory of the martyrs of Iraq followed by the national anthem and then the anthem of the al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine "Pride tune", followed by the word of the General Secretariat of the al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine by its Secretary-General Engineer Mohamad al-Ashigar.
Followed by a televised speech of the Institute of the Arabic Manuscripts of the League of Arab States in Cairo, delivered by the Director of the Institute; Dr. Faysal al-Fayyan. Followed by the word of the Center for Revival of Arab Scientific Heritage of the University of Baghdad by Director of the Center; Dr. Majid Mkhallaf.