The Sharjah Book Fair receives new publications by the late Moroccan sociologist Fatima Mernissi in its latest session that opened yesterday, Wednesday, bringing to Arabic readers the first translations of two of her books: “Love in Islamic Countries through the Mirror of Ancient Texts” and “Women in the Islamic Subconscious.”
These two new books issued by Dar Al Fank are not the only representatives of Moroccan culture in the Emirate of Sharjah, but rather include books issued by other Moroccan houses, including “Seliki Brothers,” “Dar Al-Thaqafa for Publishing and Distribution,” and “The Arab Cultural Center – Morocco,” as well as Moroccan books issued by publishing houses in other Arabic-speaking countries, on history, anthropology, philosophy, literature, folklore, and other disciplines.
After the forty-third session of the third largest book fair in the world received Morocco and Moroccans as guests of honor, the forty-fourth session will receive Greece, Greek culture and writers as guest of honor.
At the opening of the exhibition, Greek myths, their statues, their crowned writers, translations of their “dramas” and “epics” into Arabic, and theatrical performances were presented throughout the exhibition, in addition to one of the most important reasons for hosting: shedding light on the cultural cross-fertilization between the Arab and Greek cultures, through translation, explanations, history, and the field as well.
Among what distinguishes the Sharjah Book Fair, in the Arab world, is that it is not limited to hosting Arabic books or books written in the most widely spoken European languages, but it also hosts books from the languages of the Indian space, with those participating in their mother tongues.
The exhibition also pays attention to books in foreign languages, especially the English language, which publishing houses interested in occupy a significant part of the book fair, displaying writings covering fields ranging from fine arts, social assistance, history, and religions, all the way to comic stories and cooking.
The most extensive part of the Sharjah Book Fair remains the Arab part, which receives publishing houses from various parts of the Arab world. This is reinforced by the programming of interventions by 80 guests in the Arabic language, from 20 countries, including Morocco, between November 5 and 16 of this month.
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