Muscat book fair from Wednesday
The 22nd edition of Muscat International Book Fair featuring 450,000 titles from 750 global publishers will be held from February 22 to March 4 under the auspices of Dr Abdulmunim bin Mansour al Hasani, Minister of Information, at the new Oman Conference and Exhibition Centre.
This year, the city of Sohar will be the Guest of Honour and several intellectual, artistic and cultural programmes are scheduled to stage as part of the 11-day long festival of books.
The MIBF, which has ranked one of the best 3 book fairs in the Gulf region and among the best 10 in the Arab world, will see direct participation of 590 publishers and 160 through their agencies from 28 countries, according to the MIBF Committee headed by the minister.
“The Muscat International Book Fair, currently in its 22nd edition, has come a long way and secured a position among the best 3 such fairs in the region”, Dr Abdulmunim said at a press conference.
A vast range of official authorities taking part in the fair and an increased number of foreign books as well as children’s publishers make this year’s MIBF different from the previous editions. There will be 37 official authorities from the Sultanate of Oman and from various countries of the world making their presence at the festival of books.
The MIBF Committee, headed by Dr Abdulmunim, has Yousuf bin Abdullah al Balushi as Head of the MIBF Committee,