The activities of the 13th Palestine International Book Fair kicked off on Thursday, with the participation of more than 390 publishing houses and agencies, and a group of Arab writers and poets, making it the largest book fair in the country.
Under the slogan "75 years from the Nakba to the state remain", the Palestinian Ministry of Culture is organizing the exhibition at the National Library in the town of Sarda, near the city of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, and will continue until September 17, according to Anadolu correspondent.
Addressing reporters after the opening, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said that "the exhibition is the embodiment of identity and culture, and it opens (this) year under the slogan From the Nakba to the State."
Shtayyeh added that "the Nakba was the loss of some of the land of Palestine (in 1948) and the displacement of our people, but what is worse is that Palestinian books were stolen, and they are now on the shelves of Israeli libraries."
He stressed that "the exhibition brings together Arabs with Palestine, and brings Palestine together with Palestinians from Gaza, the diaspora, the interior and Jerusalem."
"They want to falsify the Palestinian narrative and reinforce their false narrative, but what we see today is a reinforcement of the Palestinian and Arab narrative through this exhibition," he said.
The exhibition is organized with the participation of Arab writers and poets and a large audience (Anatolia)
During a press conference on Tuesday, Palestinian Culture Minister Atef Abu Seif said that "390 publishing houses and agencies for Palestinian, Arab and foreign publishing houses, including Turkish, are participating in the exhibition, which includes 61,6500 titles, and covers an area of <>,<> square meters."
Abu Seif added that "the exhibition in its 13th edition is the largest and largest in the history of Palestine," explaining that "it includes 4 pavilions for Jordan, Kuwait, Oman and Morocco, and hosts a group of Palestinian writers, writers and poets from the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and Arab and foreign countries."
The exhibition runs until September 17 (Anatolia)
He stressed that the exhibition "is not only for books, but is the most prominent cultural event in Palestine, and therefore will include a range of audio-visual events in addition to the display of books."
In a previous press conference, the Palestinian Minister of Culture stated that the exhibition includes various cultural spaces in the field of cinema, drama, children's culture, the prisoner movement, literature, heritage, the Palestinian press, Jerusalem, Palestinian women and other titles, pointing to the participation of a group of writers, writers, artists, intellectuals and educators, as well as 95 Arab guests of writers, writers and poets in it.
He said that this year, a corner for plastic art was created called "Art Walk", where an art exhibition of Palestinian artists will be opened every day, in addition to the children's space, which includes 70 activities, over a period of 10 days, and theater and art, which starts after the end of each day in the front yards of the exhibition.