As the Arab League Summit started and ended in Algeria earlier this week, Sheikh Sultan Al-Qasimi, ruler of Sharjah, has launched the 41st edition of the largest book fair in the world at Expo Center Sharjah, few meters from the first elementary school established in 1961, in the Kalba region. The school was named after the Algerian resistance symbol, Djamila Bouhired, who fought against the French colonization of her country.
The Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) has returned after the two-year pandemic, in full capacity under the theme “Spread the Word”, hosting 2,213 publishers from 95 countries, including 1,298 Arab and 915 foreign publishers.
