Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation Takes Part in Abu Dhabi International Book Fair 2017
The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF) is joining the 27 th yearly Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, taking place in the Abu Dhabi National Event Centre from April 26 to May 2, 2017.
The Structure is taking part in the Fair in an effort to enhance collaboration with leading cultural institutions, in addition to Arab and worldwide publishing houses. Moreover, the occasion supplies a platform for the Foundation to display its literary, posting, and distribution initiatives and projects.
His Excellency Jamal bin Huwaireb, CEO of MBRF, declared that taking part in the Fair reflects the Structure's keenness to keep interaction channels open with the most famous local, regional, and global publishing houses, and to remain on top of all happenings and finest methods in the posting and translation industries, and use them to advance the UAE Government's plans for a knowledge-centric culture.
The Abu Dhabi International Book Fair is a vital global cultural event, H.E. bin Huwaireb proceeded, one that gathers top-tier publishing professionals and professionals in such associated fields as e-publishing, printing, and copyrights. This supplies individuals in the Fair the possibility to establish their plans and approaches, and to collaborate in order to develop Arab cultures and produce an experienced and cultured generation.
MBRF's agenda for the Fair consists of events and activities that drop under the Structure's lots of initiatives, such as the Dubai International Program for Composing and (Ladies Lounge). These consist of reading sessions for children featuring children's authors who have taken part in MBRF's Composing for Children workshop, in addition to book-signing events for publications released by the Structure under the Dubai International Program for Writing.
The Structure is also organising panel discussions dealing with publishing-related topics. The most noticeable of these sessions is entitled "The Structures of Social Discourse and Engaging Viewers". On top of that, the Structure will be honouring the champions of "Qesaty" competition - which it launched in 2014 in partnership with the Ministry of Education-- all the while holding a number of Emirati columnists, children's authors, and clinical web content creators.
In 2015's edition of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair drew 1,261 exhibitors from 63 nations. It attracted 272,320 site visitors and included 507 cultural occasions, where 612 pundits, writers, and poets participated. The Fair showcased 500,000 publications in 30 various languages, registering AED25 million in sales.
