The 23rd session of the Amman International Book Fair kicked off in Jordan – today, Thursday – with the participation of about 400 local and foreign publishing houses, directly or through proxy, from more than 20 countries.
Algeria will be the guest of honor at the exhibition, which runs until October 19, at the Jordan International Exhibition Center, while Jordanian critic and academic Youssef Bakkar (cultural figure) was chosen for the session.
The exhibition raises the slogan “Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine” in solidarity with the Palestinians and based on the Hashemite custodianship of the religious sanctities in Jerusalem.
The exhibition was opened by the Jordanian Minister of Culture, Mustafa Rawashdeh, accompanied by the Algerian Minister of Culture and Arts, Soria Moulouji, the head of the Jordanian Publishers Union, Jabr Abu Fares, and a number of ambassadors and diplomats who inspected the exhibition pavilions, especially the guest of honor pavilion.
The cultural program begins today, Thursday, with a symposium entitled (Jordan, Palestine and Algeria… Historical Readings), followed by another symposium entitled (Jordan’s responsibility towards the holy sites based on the Hashemite Guardianship).
Representing His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein (may God protect him), His Excellency the Minister of Culture, Mustafa Rawashdeh, opens the activities of the 23rd Amman International Book Fair this morning, in the presence of the Algerian Minister of Culture, Soria Moulouji, and a senior diplomatic presence.#Jordanian_Ministry_of_Culture#Algeria pic.twitter.com/covXzdJRIs
— Jordanian Ministry of Culture (@jo_culture) October 10, 2024
The first day’s program also includes a poetry evening in which the Palestinian Musa Hawamdeh, the Jordanian Samir Al-Qudah, and the Iraqi Aboud Al-Jabri participate.
The rest of the seminars and sessions over the coming days will address topics including (The Future of Reading in the Light of the Digital World), (Biographic Literature), (Women and Writing), and (Writing and Publishing between the Maghreb and the East of the Arab World).
The most prominent guests of the exhibition include the Iraqi writer Inaam Kachaji, the Saudi novelist Osama Al-Muslim, the Egyptian novelist Doha Assi, the Syrian writer Lina Huyan Al-Hassan, the Palestinian poet Ihab Bseiso, the Kuwaiti storyteller Basema Al-Anzi, the Omani writer Hoda Hamad, and the Jordanian poet Jalal Burgess.
