Abu Dhabi (Etihad)
With the opening of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, in its thirty-third session, thousands of lovers of thought, culture and creativity in the Emirates, and throughout the Arabian Gulf region, find a golden opportunity to benefit from this enjoyable and useful cultural event and celebrate the treasures of art, literature and human thought it contains, as book fairs are Illuminated windows on human cultures, including the ideas presented in seminars and lectures, in addition to meeting with the figures of thought and culture in the Arab world. The Abu Dhabi International Book Fair is a cultural and social event for individuals, families and society, and for children and adults. It is an exceptional annual season that includes the fruits of Arab and international thought, and it is an opportunity to learn and obtain everything new.
Regarding the importance of this exhibition for the intellectual and enriching his literary experience, the novelist Muhammad Al-Habsi says: Yes, the importance of book exhibitions comes in terms of benefit and cultural richness for the writer and writer, but rather for all segments of society, and the exhibitions are considered a cultural oasis that includes the gems of literature, art and science.
Al Habsi continued his speech, referring to the lectures presented at book fairs and their intellectual impact on attendees, in addition to the fact that book fairs host great novelists, critics, and poets, and these hosting have a great positive impact, as well as hosting winners of literary and intellectual awards, in addition to the country, the guest of honor, where visitors get to know… Its culture and literary production, and all of this stimulates the curiosity of the writer and intellectual to research and consider the culture of the other country. The book fair is an enjoyable oasis that the writer cannot do without as fuel to stimulate and stimulate thought and learn about everything new.
Novelist Mohammed Al Habsi added, stressing the importance of the book fair for young people and for children as well, as there are special lectures for children and activities that stimulate children’s thinking, enrich young people’s ideas, and inform them of where the advanced world has reached in the arts and literature. The book fair is a beautiful and useful exploration for children in the age of digitalization. Let us not forget the cultural and artistic clubs and salons that participate in book fairs. In addition, book fairs are becoming increasingly important because they are an important social phenomenon. They are a knowledge, cultural and economic market, and this is a major investment.
For his part, poet Yasser Saeed Dahi points out that book fairs have become major cultural festivals in every sense of the word, especially here in the UAE.
This is done through exhibitions held in Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, as well as in the city of Al Ain. Exhibitions that celebrate the book, the writer, the reader together, and the world of publishing as well. It serves as a great bridge for communication and communication between intellectuals and writers and between different cultures, and we will not forget the children’s community, which has a large presence in these exhibitions, and what this reflects of the great interest that the administrations of these exhibitions pay to the family, and meeting their needs in this field.
Dahi adds that the importance here lies in what these exhibitions do in promoting the values of dialogue and cultural exchange, through a large agenda of joint events and activities in all fields, which is considered a model to be emulated regionally and globally in the areas of organizing book fairs. Perhaps what distinguishes the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair is that this exhibition is associated with celebrating creators in all literary, artistic, scientific and intellectual fields, by honoring many of them with various awards in these fields, as well as shedding light on everything related to the world of heritage, peoples’ traditions and their arts.
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