Ali bin Tamim: The exhibition sought to convey an honorable image befitting the status of the UAE

“Abu Dhabi Book” breathes life into the corridors of culture

Germany was a guest of honor with a distinguished participation in the exhibition.

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The President of the Abu Dhabi Center for the Arabic Language, Dr. Ali bin Tamim, confirmed that the 31st edition of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, which concluded recently, sought to convey an honorable image befitting the status of the UAE and the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in particular as an incubator for the most important cultural events that are concerned with building the human being on creativity, knowledge and culture, adding: « The exhibition embodied the vision of the Abu Dhabi Center for the Arabic Language and the Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi in sponsoring and supporting publishers and opening the way for them to return to the competition market. With the authenticity of our identity and our great cultural project.”

Bin Tamim continued: "We wanted to present events with important and basic content in order to reach the most beautiful book fair in the world in terms of organization, and to give the book its right of care and attention out of our keenness to follow in the footsteps of the founding father, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, good May God rest his soul, who believed in the importance of the book and its role in the progress and development of societies.”

Over the course of its seven days (from May 23 to 29 last), the exhibition witnessed a remarkable presence from the public, and the sales of books and various publications witnessed a significant increase, and the publishing houses participating in the exhibition expressed their satisfaction with the volume of sales they achieved during the last period.

The exhibition attracted thousands of students from different schools of the country, who participated actively, lively and actively in its various corners, including children, art and painters, and viewed thousands of books in various fields of knowledge and culture.

This year's edition was characterized by the quality of the presentation, the comprehensiveness of the orientation and the intensity of the activities characterized by their qualitative and serious content, and included a professional and professional program for publishers and workshops to hone creative writing skills. In providing more than 650 different activities.

For his part, Saeed Hamdan Al Tunaiji, Acting Executive Director of the Abu Dhabi Center for the Arabic Language, said: “The success of this year’s session reflects the position that the exhibition has become. Today, it is more professional and more international.

As we were keen, through our various programs, to support culture in all its forms and its various branches, and to attract all social segments of different literary tastes and intellectual interests, where the dialogue sessions about the exhibition’s pivotal personality, Dean of Arabic literature, Taha Hussein, were of interest to visitors, as they listened to a group of writers and thinkers who They discussed his literary biography, and Germany, the guest of honor, had a distinguished participation, during which we were keen to strengthen cultural cooperation relations to consolidate the position of the exhibition and its global presence.”

 rich dialogues

• During its 31st session, the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair organized a series of rich dialogue sessions and seminars around which the poet Adonis, who navigated the worlds of poetry and its issues, and the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Economics, Guido Imbez, in addition to dialogue sessions to introduce the winners of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2022 and the winners of the award The International Book of Arabic Novel “The Booker”, as well as a wide range of art exhibitions, the most prominent of which was the exhibition of the Japanese artist, Fouad Honda, a lover of Arabic calligraphy, in addition to an integrated set of sessions, rich events and workshops targeting all categories of visitors and book lovers.

Said Hamdan:

• «We were keen, through our various programs, to support culture in all its forms and its various branches, and to attract all social segments of different literary tastes and intellectual interests».

Over the course of its seven days (from May 23 to 29 last), the exhibition had a remarkable presence.

Sales of books and various publications witnessed a significant increase.

650

• A diversified event that took place in the 31st session of the exhibition.

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