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By Laman Ismayilova

Azerbaijan’s State Theatre of Young Spectators has prepared a surprise for the guests of the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games.

The theatre will present the works of famous Azerbaijani and foreign dramatists, Trend Life reported.

Beloved comedy "Monsieur Jordan and dervish Mastalishakh", " Magic fairy", "Sheikh Sanan " tragedy, "Lonesome West", "The Beauty of the Queen of the Leenane","Skull of Connemara" and others will be staged in the theatre on May 12-22.

The Baku 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games is an exciting multi-sport event uniting the Islamic world, which will take place from 12 – 22 May 2017.

Athletes from Islamic countries around the world will be representing their nations over 10 days of competition across 20 different sports which include 23 disciplines (Athletics and Para Athletics, Aquatics – Diving, Aquatics – Swimming, Aquatics – Water Polo, Basketball 3x3, Football, Gymnastics – Artistic, Gymnastics – Rhythmic, Wushu, Table Tennis, Handball, Judo and Blind Judo, Wrestling – Greco, Wrestling – Freestyle, Shooting, Tennis, Volleyball, Boxing, Zurkhaneh, Karate, Taekwondo and Weightlifting) in 16 modern competition venues in Baku.

Azerbaijan’s capital city Baku was awarded the Games at the General Assembly of the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF) in Jeddah in July 2013.

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Laman Ismayilova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @Lam_Ismayilova

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