The 19th edition of the Sharjah International Narrator Forum, which will run for three days, will kick off on September 24 at the Expo Center Sharjah.

The President of the Institute, Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Muslim, during a press conference, revealed that the next edition of the Forum will witness the participation of 43 Arab and foreign countries, and the Republic of Italy will be a guest of honor on the Forum, which takes «thousand and one nights» slogan, and includes many additions, whether related One of them is the proactive training workshops that were launched a few days ago and will continue until the end of the activities of the forum, or the diversity in its program.

He added: «This session begins with the participation of more than 97 participants of experts, researchers, storytellers and media from 43 countries, and the new session includes many cultural programs, training workshops and mass events, in addition to a special exhibition showcases the holdings of the thousand nights.

For her part, the General Coordinator of the Sharjah International Narrator Forum Aisha Al-Shamsi, explained that the forum is characterized by diversity, and a lot of new additions, starting with the proactive workshops to write the final chapter of «thousand and nights and nights», the slogan of this year, which is one of the global literary masterpieces produced by Arab culture In conjunction with the human heritage, coinciding with the declaration of Sharjah as the world capital of the book 2019, in addition to workshops targeting children, whose names emerged from the book such as: light bulb and magic crystal, jewelry Princess Yasmina, in addition to workshops hoods Shahriar and Shahrazad, masks, A feather, and many more.