«Sharjah Book» .. final touches before the opening

Just one day away from the launch of the Sharjah International Book Fair, hosted by the Sharjah Expo Center, the 37th edition of which will open tomorrow morning and last 11 days.

Emirates Al-Youm toured the site of the most prominent cultural event on the map of the annual events of the Emirate and monitored the latest preparations for this cultural event and the final touches before the launch.

On the road leading to the exhibition venue, and throughout Sharjah, advertisements on the sides of sidewalks, roads, bridges and buildings, and orange and colored letters that draw attention to the date of the new session of Sharjah Book.

In the front and front of the main gate, a large figure embodies a pattern in which the colors match the shapes. This year's theme is "The Story of Letters", a slogan that embodies the value of character in the history of human knowledge and its impact on opening the horizon of discovery and communication between the world's civilizations.

Through the first portals, supervisors are seen everywhere, finishing touches, busy exhibitors carrying bookcases, issuing and organizing publications, arranging them in a way that attracts the visitor, and puts them directly in front of the most important titles from publishing houses, whose employees race time to finish the arrangement of the wings, With a striking image.

Huge pavilions with innovative designs and distinctive decorations that reflect the cultural visions and creative ideas of the exhibition this year, and platforms in the middle of the venue, one dedicated to hosting seminars and cultural discussions, and other culinary arts and the world of women and children, To host more than 100 specialized workshops involving a number of new media leaders and celebrities to reveal their personal experiences in the digital space and to provide their knowledge experiences in communication and contemporary media.

This time the visitor is aware of the exhibition annually, and from the outset the new course is witnessing a significant increase in the number of publishing houses and the presence of large areas of Japanese publishing houses, a "guest of honor" this year.

In addition to Japan, visitors to the exhibition will see pavilions of countries participating for the first time, including Argentina, Bulgaria, Australia, Croatia, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Cameroon, South Africa, Peru, Azerbaijan and South Korea.

This year's event will be rich in publications and events. The exhibition will continue to be a platform for the convergence of civilizations, the exchange of knowledge and the building of various forms of human dialogue through culture and writers.

Emirates Al-Youm met a group of exhibitors to convey their final preparations for the moment of departure. Mohammed Al-Husseini, representative of one of the participating publishing houses, said: "We are keen to participate annually in the exhibition to give the written word fans the latest publications. Nationalities ».

He added that «the coordination and supervision teams of the exhibition, provide support and all facilities for exhibitors, and provide us with all the information and services that we need from the first moment of our arrival».

Ibrahim Marzouk, representative of one of the participating Egyptian publishing houses, said that this year is the third participation of its home in the exhibition, noting that they are keen to be present at each session, especially that the exhibition is one of the most important and the largest Arab book fair and regional level, , And the ease of procedures and facilities provided to many publishers make all the showrooms racing to participate in this cultural show, wishing that the corner will witness a high demand from visitors to the exhibition.