Abu Dhabi International Book Fair confirms 25 international authors

Kitab, the joint venture company between the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (Adach) and the Frankfurt Book Fair, and organiser of the upcoming 18th Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF), has confirmed the names of 25 international authors who will be participating in the Fair programme, highlighting ADIBF's increasing prestige in the global book publishing world.

United Arab Emirates: Sunday, March 09 - 2008 at 14:56
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Three of these participants will be UAE nationals.

The 25 authors lined up to participate in the Fair's activities are: Wasseeni al-Araj (Algeria); Alaa al-Aswany (Egypt); Badriya al-Bishr (Saudi Arabia); Gamal al-Ghitani (Egypt); Leila al-Juhani (Saudi Arabia); Ibrahim al-Koni (Libya); Samar al-Murqin (Saudi Arabia); Mohammed al-Murr (UAE); Bas Boettcher (Germany); Geneviève Chauvel (France); Jabbour Douaihry (Lebanon); Elias Farkouh (Jordan); Mustafa Farouk (Egypt/USA); Dr Frauke Heard-Bey (Germany/UAE); Khaled Khalifa (Syria); Marianne Koch (Germany); Kareem Matouq (UAE); Said Makkaoui (Egypt); May Menassa (Lebanon); Michael Morgan Hamilton (USA); Hassouna Mosbahi (Tunisia); Khairy Shalaby (Egypt); Samuel Shimon (Iraq/UK); Baha Taher (Egypt) and Basima Younes (UAE).

Kitab has created an exciting cultural programme featuring new venues such as the Discussion Forum, the Kitab Sofa and The Textbox. Activities such as 'Reading and Book Signing', 'Please have a seat!', 'Talking Literature' will feature select authors such as Mohammed al-Murr and Basima Younis, Alaa al-Aswany, Khairy Shalaby, to name a few. The winner and shortlisted authors of the 'International Prize for Arabic Fiction' (a prestigious literary prize managed in association with world famous Booker Prize Foundation in London, and supported by the Emirates Foundation), will also be incorporated in the programme so that visitors can have a chance to meet and greet all of these world famous authors.

ADIBF is held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nayhan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and will take place from 11th to 16th March.

The Fair kicks off March 11 and runs till March 16th. The first day, March 11th, will be dedicated exclusively for trade visitors. ADIBF will be open daily from 10am - 9pm. The Fair is sponsored by Sorouh, and its official media partner is Abu Dhabi Media Company. Abu Dhabi TV will broadcast a daily live show live from the Kitab Sofa.

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About ADIBF 2008
-Taking place from Tuesday 11th March - Sunday 16th March 2008
-March 11th dedicated exclusively for trade visitors
-Open daily from 10am - 9pm
-Venue: Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), UAE.

General Info about ADIBF
The Abu Dhabi International Book Fair is the most professionally organized, most ambitious and fastest growing book fair in the Middle East and North Africa. Abu Dhabi is the motor driving the professional and commercial development of the regional publishing industry, and is financially and philosophically committed to the long-term expansion of the global book business.

The 18th Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, is a major business initiative of Kitab, a joint venture of the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage with the Frankfurt Book Fair. This cooperation allows for the exchange of ideas and expertise to develop an intellectual and professional forum for all sectors of the book industry of the Middle East, North Africa and beyond.

About Kitab
Since November 2007, Adach, the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage, and the Frankfurt Book Fair signed a deal to launch a joint venture company under the name of 'Kitab'.
The aim of the joint venture is to develop the book and publishing industry and promote reading in Abu Dhabi and the neighbouring Emirates. A key part of this strategy is the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, which the Frankfurt Book Fair and the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture & Heritage (Adach) collaborated on for the first time back in April 2007 with great success. Kitab will focus on making the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair truly international and develop long-term networking opportunities between the Arabic and international publishing communities.
A part of Kitab's remit is to encourage the establishment of international publishing houses in Abu Dhabi. Kitab will be instrumental in helping to develop a quality distribution system in the Arab World, as well as contribute to the professionalism in the entire Arab market.

For further information please contact ADIBF:
Claudia Kaiser, General Manager
Tel: +971 2 6212975

For ADIBF media enquiries, please contact:
Noura Sarraj, Promoseven Weber Shandwick
Tel: + 971 2 4494405

For media enquiries on the attending authors, please contact:
Iris Klose, Marketing Manager
Tel: +971 2 6212975

Medilyn Manibo, Assistant News Editor
Sunday, March 09 - 2008 at 14:56 UAE local time (GMT+4)

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