Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Participates in Tunisia's Book Fair

Tunis, 5 May 06

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is participating in the 24th Tunisian Book Fair organized by Tunisian Ministry of Culture and Protection of National Heritage.

The Kingdom is displaying in its 204 square meter pavilion during the period of the fair (April 28th - May 8th) more than 1400 titles in many fields representing the Ministry of Higher Education, Ministry for Islamic Affairs, Endowment, Call, and Guidance, Ministry of Culture and Information, Makkah-based Umm Al-Qura University, Madinah-based Islamic University, King Abdulaziz University, King Saud University and a number of other Saudi institutes.

The Saudi pavilion has attracted lots of visitors because of the variety of the books topics on Hajj and Umra rituals; social issues; moderation; and Kingdom and Islam.

It is worth mentioning that the book fair comprises about 100000 titles, 67% of them are in Arabic, 22% (French) and 11% (other languages).