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Sharjah World Book Fair
jaihoon
12/06/04 at 13:19:42
GENERAL REGULATIONS

Under the guidance and patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, the Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, the Department of Culture & Information of Sharjah Government has been organising international book exhibitions in Sharjah since 1982, a 10-day annual event usually held during the first half of December. The prime aim of Sharjah World Book Fair is to generate reading habit among the people, mainly the younger generation, and to make quality books accessible to them at affordable prices.


International Representations:
In recognition of its international standard and success, the Sharjah World Book Fair is given memberships of many international organizations such as (1) Afro-Asian Book Council (2) Arab Publishers’ Association (3) International Publishers’ Association (4) GCC Book Committee, etc.


General Organization:
- Sharjah World Book Fair has got two main divisions: (a) Display division (2) Sales division.
- Both the divisions will have Arabic language and Foreign language sections.


Visiting hours:
- Daily : Morning :09:00 hrs to 13:00 hrs. Evening 17:00 hrs to 22:30 hrs. Fridays: 16.30 hrs to 22.30 hrs
- Schools (Boys): Saturdays & Mondays (09:00 hrs to 13:00 hrs). (Girls) : Sundays, Tuesdays (09:00 hrs to 13:00 hrs)
- Trade visitors, publishers, researchers, educational institutions, libraries, colleges, etc.: Wed.& Thu. (9 - 13 hrs).
- All associated activities are from 17:00 hrs to 22:00 hrs daily.


Participants:
(a) Publishing houses or their authorised agents (b) cultural establishments, research centres, societies, universities, media.
(c) Producers of educational aids, maps, audios/videos.


Book Fair Guide:
The Book Fair Guide published annually provides full information on the current book fair.


Book Fair Catalogue / CD:
The catalogue and CD, published in Arabic and English languages, contain full information on available titles (title name, author, price, etc.) that are available at the fair, with a special children’s books section. (Dewy System is applied for subject classification.)

http://www.swbf.gov.ae
12/06/04 at 13:21:03
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