His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, directed to allocate AED 4.5 million to support the latest publications issued by the publishing houses participating in the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) 2021.
The grant of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah aims to provide Sharjah public and government libraries with various modern publications in all Arab and foreign scientific, literary and cultural fields, and to update the knowledge content of the libraries, which constitute a major reference for researchers and readers in the Emirate of Sharjah.
The grant also contributes to supporting publishing makers from various Arab and foreign houses participating in this year's exhibition, which amounted to 1,632 Arab and foreign publishers from 83 countries. Publishing houses offer various cultural publications covering all fields, interests and age groups.
