By LEE YEON-SIL (Cherry), Korea

Febi took a 12-hour plane ride to Seoul. She visited Korea for Korea International Exhibition Center (KINTEX) and other events. Her nationality is Indonesian. She was born on the island of Java and grew up in the capital Jakarta. Her real name is ‘Febriana’, but it is a long name, she prefers to be called by the nickname Febi.

In November she came to Korea to promote the ‘Halal Expo 2024’ to be held in Türkiye (Turkey). Her large-scale international event will take place from November 27th to 31st. She works in public relations and this is her second visit to Korea. She visited for the first time in 2016. “There are a lot of beautiful girls in Korea, they dress well, and most of them are good looking,” she praises. “Among Korean cosmetics, skin care products are good and popular,” she says.

Korean language is only known in a few words through K-dramas. She likes kimchi, tteokbokki, and black bean noodles, so she seems like an Indonesian woman. She leaves her home country to live and work in Istanbul. In the past she was an English teacher. She has now changed her career and works as a project manager. She speaks Indonesian Bahasa and English well, and studies Turkish every day.

During her Covid period, she left Jakarta for Istanbul. There are many Indonesian people in Türkiye. They are mainly international students. She works for the Halal Expo organization. Most people are interested in halal food from the Kazan Republic Expo in Russia, as well as Dubai in the UAE, Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan. She also has a love for modest fashion. She is also very interested in Korean cosmetics.

She talked about Malaysia’s Jakim, Indonesia’s Muwi, and UAE’s Asma certification, as well as Istanbul’s halal standards organization. She also plans to introduce a newly created cosmetics platform in Korea. There is a Halal Accreditation Agency in Türkiye. Of course, it is also possible to enter Türkiye with Korea’s KMF certification. The halal certification project is also carried out by an organization affiliated with the mosque in Itaewon, Seoul.

Ms. Feby changed her career from an English teacher and now works in 76 countries thanks to her English skills

Febi is planning to go on a business trip to Tokyo, Japan after her Korea event. The number of Muslims is also increasing in Korea, and it is rapidly increasing in Japan. She is also interested in multinational events such as the ‘Japan international food & beverage expo’, considering Japan’s halal market and future, as well as Japanese tourists. This time she plans to go to Japan to do her market research and tour the local area in person.

In November, Halal Expo, World Halal Summit, Modest Fashion & Art Expo, Natural Organic Vegan Expo, and private label expo will also begin. Additionally, six events, including the Eurasia Tourism Health Expo, will be held during the same period. President Erdogan of Türkiye is also watching with interest and supporting. They consider this expo very important.

Muslim countries around the world are watching the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) closely. This is because the market for food, clothing and shelter is vast. About 70% of people who come to international events are multinationals. In the case of Malaysia, 500m² space was secured. Dozens of countries, including Korea and Malaysia, are participating in large numbers. Currently, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and the United Kingdom are leading the halal industry.

Ms. Feby changed her career from an English teacher and now works in 76 countries thanks to her English skills. She taught herself English by watching American movies. Her passion is amazing. She is Miss Feby. If you look at her, she looks Chinese, but when you hear her speak English, you would think she is American, and her English is 100% American, and her pronunciation is also good.

Above all, she was well aware of the potential and global market of the halal industry, which is good for health, including natural and organic products. Indonesia is different, Türkiye is different, and Korea is different. However, everyone around the world wants a healthy and happy life. So I can feel that the halal-related industry is growing tremendously. I and Miss Febi decided to meet again at the International Halal Fairgrounds, a large-scale event to be held in Istanbul in November.

Read: Story of a Pakistani who became Korean

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Gokhan Ergocun 

ISTANBUL

Pakistan’s tourist destinations were highlighted Thursday at an event organized by the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TURSAB) in Istanbul.

The event was attended virtually by the chairman of the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) and the heads of the provincial tourism departments of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

Video presentations to introduce Pakistan’s natural, historical and cultural sites were delivered during the event.

Pakistani Ambassador Yousaf Junaid emphasized the importance of experience sharing and enhanced collaboration between Pakistan and Türkiye in the realm of tourism.

He highlighted that a stronger economic partnership would benefit millions of people in both countries and noted that Pakistan’s tourism industry offers exceptional investment opportunities.

Mentioning natural and cultural tourist attractions of Pakistan, he encouraged the participants to visit the country.

TURSAB Vice President Hasan Eker said Türkiye and Pakistan have deep historical relations, but tourist traffic between the two countries is very low.

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Courtesy: Anadolu Agency (Posted on Aug 11, 2023)

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Istanbul

A Rabbi who took shelter in a Turkish mosque during a massive snowstorm in Istanbul that ravaged the Turkish metropolis a few days ago has finally arrived in his native Israel.

Elbom, a 62-year-old rabbi and kashrut supervisor who was on a work assignment in Istanbul, was brought to a mosque by security forces after being stranded on a highway for half a day, local daily Hurriyet reported.

Speaking to reporters at Istanbul Airport prior to his scheduled flight to Tel Aviv, Elbom said that he spent the night in the warm mosque and that people were helpful to him.

“The people were very nice and helped us,” he noted, adding that he later offered the Shacharit morning prayers along with Muslim worshipers.

He also said that Turkey’s chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Mendy Chitrik assisted with the evacuations.

“My friend Rabbi Elbaum was also at the E-5 traffic pile-up in Istanbul – he took it in good spirits,” Chitrik said on Twitter.

Elbaum was in Istanbul as part of his job as a controller for kosher food, checking if companies abide by the requirements of Jewish law.

“Hundreds of travelers are stranded all over the country – due to the heavy snowstorm. I keep on getting calls to supply Kosher food from [Turkish provinces of] Antalya and Ankara to Trabzon,” he added, sharing a video of Elbaum on the car where he was stranded.

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Courtesy: The AsiaN

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Istanbul

With the support of the Association of Eurasian Peoples, the Eurasian Literature Festival (LiFFt) is organizing its fifth edition, which will be held in Istanbul, Turkey on November 11-14, 2021.

Several awards will be presented at the LiFFT Festival, which aims to promote creativity and friendship between writers and readers in Eurasia and create a unified Eurasian literary space.

The closing ceremony of the festival, in which 170 poets from 69 countries are participating in the online selection rounds, will be held in Istanbul with the participation of Turkey, Azerbaijan, America, Russia, Belgium, Austria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Egypt and other countries due to the pandemic that has negatively affected the world.

The voices of world poets and prose writers from 69 countries will be shown on the stage and screen of the Istanbul Cultural Center “Yapi Kredi” in Taksim and will be broadcast on the LIFFT channel on YouTube and LIFFT social networks.

Margarita Al, Director of the International Literary Movement LIFFT will open the festival. The theme of festival is “We are the people of the same planet.”

LIFFT-2019 festival cycle was held in Azerbaijan with the participation of writers from 52 countries around the world, in honor of the Turkish poet and winner of the Tuğrul Tanyol Prize; The LIFFT-2021 cycle presents awards to the honorees with the announcement of the country in which the festival will take place in 2022; and the “President of World Literature” Award, Organizers: LIFFT Foundation, Literature Council of the Eurasian People’s Assembly, and Turkish Association of Literary and Scientific Works)

The Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, Head of the General Secretariat of the Eurasian People’s Assembly Svetlana Konstantinovna Smirnova, Azerbaijani folk writer Anar Resologlu, Kazakh people’s writer Ulzas Umaroglu Selimnov, and Russian folk poet Konstantin Kedrov-Chilechov are scheduled to attend the festival as guests of honor.  The festival committee also invited Turkish writers, readers, journalists, publishers and artists to actively participate in the “LiFFT-2021” Eurasian Literature Festival.

The programs include a Press conference, opening ceremony, an art exhibition entitled “The Book of the Poet and the Artist”; launching of book “Kitab Istanbul” written by international writers and artists from Istanbul; The Curator of the “Book of the Poet and the Artist” project in Istanbul is Artist Aygul Okutan.

A poetry reading sitting under the theme “We are human beings from the same planet” will also be held. On November 12, the International Literary Forum “Istanbul 2021” will be held with the participation of writers from 69 countries.

Interview will be conducted with Margarita Al, director of the publishing house “Lift” and editor-in-chief of the literary magazine “Lift”. Publishers and literary editors are invited to the meeting.

The meeting with the winners of the Eurasian Literary Festival of 2016-2017-2018-2019 will be held on November 12 in Yapı Kredi Cultural Center.

The program also include a round table meeting on “The Image of the Future Man in World Literature”, where 10 speakers from different countries of the world will start a dialogue on the eve of the Forum on World Literature and Future Science “LIFT-2022”.

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Elyssam Group Mehmet Nuriparmak (Turkey) will give a presentation entitled The Status of Turkish Literature in World Literature and the Speeches of Seyed Ahmet Arslan, Deputy Director General of Cultural Heritage and Museums, on Turkish civilization, literature and arts.

November 13 is set for closing of the festival. Guests and participants of the LIFT Festival will be invited to the red carpet for a photo shoot. Ceremony will be held for honoring the winner of the “LIFFT-2021” award for the Sixth Eurasian Literature Festival and the country will be announced in which the festival will be held in 2022. (PR)

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