Launch, signing of new books continue at book fair

Meanwhile, the book fair continued its operations, drawing thousands of visitors each day with its large selection of 523,000 titles and its inclusion of cultural events, such as a poetry reading.

According to a statement by the book fair, “The poets were artistic in their poems, both in word and meaning. This came as part of the events for al Buraimi, the guest of honour of this edition.”

Sheikh Ahmed Al Siyabi, Secretary General of Oman’s Iftaa Office, presented a seminar regarding Oman’s representation, where he chose five books from his collection which had done a good job representing Oman, including “The Comprehensive Omani Encyclopedia”, a study on Oman’s foreign affairs between 1913 and 1932, a book about oil politics by Ameena Al Saadi.

On Wednesday, Oman’s Youth Vision, a private organisation, focused on developing the youth of Oman, participated by presenting “three corners, one called Make a Story, another where imagination is developed, and a store”, according to a statement by the book fair. In Make a Story, there are specific games which participants can use to invent their own stories using different images. In the Imagination, Expression and Discussion Development Corner, there were different games which allowed participants to discuss topics based on a lottery system.”

There were also inaugurations and signing of books such as “Arts of Postmodernism” by Dr. Fakhriya al Yahyaiya. Furthermore, there was a performance of a children’s play called “A bite to eat” by the Masrah al Dun troupe.

The book fair also included corners for young children where they watched, played, learned to draw, and had a corner where author Maithaa al Mandhari read stories to the children.