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The emirate has become the first city to represent Emirati and Arab culture at a Mexican book fair

SHARJAH, 8th December, 2021 (WAM) -- The Emirate of Sharjah has received the official ‘Guest of Honour’ title for the 36th edition of the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL 2022), in celebration of Emirati and Arab culture and its eminent authors, writers and intellectuals. As the first city to represent Emirati and Arab culture at a book fair in Mexico, the Guest of Honour status also recognises the achievements of the emirate’s prestigious cultural project. Ahmed bin Rakkad Al Amer...

Sharjah of the United Arab Emirates is the guest of honor country at book fairs in Bologna, Guadalajara, and London in 2022. Ahmed bin Rakkad Al Ameri, chairman of the Sharjah Book Authority, discusses what this means for Sharjahs cultural ambitions.

The South African comedian will be performing at the Expo Centre Ballroom on Friday, November 12

The Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) 2021, one of the top three book fairs in the world, welcomed the participation of 1,632 Arab and foreign publishing houses, at Expo Centre Sharjah, themed “There’s always a right book.”  Organised by Sharjah Book Authority (SBA), the book fair, which is being held from Wednesday (Nov 3) until Nov 13, brings together 85 writers, as well as intellectuals, poets and artistes from 22 countries, and presents 970 events, including cultu...

SHARJAH, 5th November, 2021 (WAM) -- The 40th Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) has crossed a major milestone on behalf of the Emirati and Arab cultural world, as well as the region’s publishing industry, earning the title of the world's largest book fair for the first time since its inception in 1982. This global recognition follows the success of one of the book fair’s professional programmes – the SIBF Publishers Conference – whose 11th edition held in the emi...

The 40th Sharjah International Book Fair’s platform engages largest number of publishers and agents with networking, matchmaking and other business interests this year.

15 million books from 1,632 publishers from 83 countries help SIBF 2021 earn the title

2021 Nobel Prize for Literature winner Abdul Razak Gurnah at SIBF, shares early struggles