The 38th Sharjah International Book Fair, organized by the Sharjah Book Authority under the slogan `` Open a book that opens minds, '' will host a group of Arab creators with Arab and international awards to enrich the experience of visitors and provide a platform to meet with their favorite writers in common dialogues that enrich their knowledge.
The guests will present to the culture and literature audience a number of seminars, discussion sessions, and poetry evenings throughout the exhibition which will be held from 30 October to 9 November at the Expo Center Sharjah.
The guest list includes Algerian novelists Wasini al-Araam, owner of the "Jasmine Collar" and "Andalusian House", Ahlam Mosteghanemi, the winner of the novel Naguib Mahfouz for the novel, the author of "Memory of the Flesh", Egyptian novelist Ahmed Mourad, the writer of the "Blue Elephant", and Omani writer Jokha Al Harthy, the first Arab wins Man Booker International Award.
The exhibition also hosts the Iraqi novelist Anaam Kajji, the novelist of the American granddaughter and Tashari, the "prophet", and the novelist and translator of the Algerian novelist Habib Sayeh, winner of the 2003 Algerian novel.
The exhibition also brings together Egyptian poet Hisham Al-Jakh, Saudi poet Mohammed Al-Sakran, Jordanian novelist Jalal Barjas, Kuwaiti writer Buthaina Al-Essa, Saudi novelist Omaima Abdullah Al-Khamis, writer Shahla Al-Ajili, Moroccan writer Mubarak Rabie, several Arab awards, and Lebanese novelist Mohammed Abi Samra.
Arab creators also include Iraqi Maysaloon Hadi, Saudi Fahad Al-Ateeq, Omani Bushra Khalfan, Egyptian neighbor Nabi Helou, Egyptian Jamal Al-Qassas, Tunisian Jamila Mejri, Bahraini critic and academic Diaa Abdullah Khamis Al-Kaabi, Bahraini critic Dr. Fahd Hussein, and Tunisian critic Dr. Mohammed Ait Mayhoub, Iraqi novelist Mohammed Khudair, as well as Omani poet Hilal Al-Hajri, young Kuwaiti writer Meshaal Hamad, Egyptian novelist Mansoura Ezzedine, and others.