SHARJAH: The 39th Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF 2020) officially opened to the audience today following all the COVID-19 precautions and protocols. Organized by SBA, SIBF 2020 is themed ‘The World Reads from Sharjah.
The audience can take part in the event from 10 am following all COVID-19 precautions. Visitors and participants will undergo thermal scanning and walk through sanitizing gates at all access points of the Expo Centre. They will be given colored bracelets to monitor their fixed three-hour visits, which can be extended on the SIBF website. The fair’s halls and publisher stalls will be sanitized and disinfected daily.
The 11-day book fair will offer members of the public an opportunity to visit 1,024 publishers from 73 nations who are exhibiting over 80,000 new titles in English, Arabic, and other languages at the Expo Centre Sharjah.
This is the first time in the history of SIBF that various embassies of countries in the UAE partner with SBA to design eight intellectual discussions. SBA is also collaborating with the UAE’s Ministry of Education to host virtual meetings between students and their favorite authors and cultural figures.
