Guests to Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF 2019) learned professional techniques of filming and photography for social media during the Deliver Your Content to the Public Through Colours Workshop yesterday. Accomplished filmmaker and social media expert, Sam Rose presented his insider knowledge to a group of both professional and hobbyist photographers and videographers keen to […]

The auditorium is filled up by the time Sampooran Singh Kalra, popularly known as Gulzar, turns up for a conversation with radio jockey Gagan Mudgal, at the last session of the second day of the Sharjah International Book Fair 2019 at Expo Centre. He takes a good look at the eager audience and remarks quietly, […]

Pushing its sustainable leisure and ecotourism agenda forward, the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) will showcase a selection of its eight luxurious boutique-style projects and eco-destinations, and share latest updates on Sharjah’s booming tourism sector at the World Travel Market 2019, to be held from November 4 – 6, in London, UK. According to […]

How do literary awards affect the development of the cultural movement, especially with the emergence of writers labelled as ‘prize hunters’? Four leading literary personalities from the Arab world shed light on this topic yesterday (Wednesday) at a panel discussion held on the opening day of the 38th edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair. […]

In response to the directive of Sharjah’s wise leadership to instill a love of reading in the emirate, the Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA)  released two new books at the ongoing Sharjah International Book Fair 2019, which is being held under the theme ‘Open Books, Open Minds,’ to celebrate the emirate’s title as […]

What makes a novel written by an African author ‘African’? Was it the geographical location the writer was born in; or the language it was written in; or it’s subject matter that demands it to be classified an ‘African Novel’? Should there be such boundaries set to writing in this age of globalism and multiculturism? […]

In keeping with its commitment to nurturing national and pan-Arab publishers, the Sharjah Publishing City Free Zone (SPC Free Zone), a subsidiary of the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) and the world’s first publishing and printing free zone, has announced an offer of free year-long trade licenses and offices to Emirati and Arab publishing businesses. The […]

His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, launched his latest historical, intellectual and literary publications at ‘Al Qasimi Publications’ Pavilion today (Wednesday) at the 38th Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF). This landmark launch of five titles coincides with Sharjah’s same yearlong World Book Capital 2019 celebrations, […]

The Sharjah FDI Forum has announced HE Eng. Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori, UAE Minister of Economy, as a keynote speaker at the inauguration ceremony of its 5th edition on November 11, and is slated to bring together more than 40 speakers and more than 1,000 participants and industry experts representing a number of local […]

Five innovative African projects have each won a $20,000 grant, while a library restoration initiative is to receive $50,000,and $20,000 will be allocated to Rural library restoration from the Africa Publishing Innovation Fund created by the International Publishers Association and development organization Dubai Cares for activities to promote literacy, book access, indigenous languages, and library […]