Opening times: 10am — 10pm.
Venue: The Biel Center, Beirut
This year's book fair promises to be a special one in the light of the winds of change blowing through the various regions in the Arab World.
Beirut's 56th Arab Book Fair 2012
What better gifts to give than good Arabic books!
Some of our members (designers and publishers) are participating again this year.
Come visit their stands and join us in celebrating well designed Arabic books.
1) Dar Onboz will be presenting 'their newborns for the little little ones and the older older ones'.
2) Yuki Press will be doing their book signing for their new book ABT at their stand B3, on 8 Dec from 4-6pm
3) Mohtaraf will be presenting their books at their stand C28.
In addition, there will be a talk by Kameel Hawa entitled al-khatt al-'Arabi fi al-fann al-mu'asir — Arabic Calligraphy in Contemporary Art), in Arabic. December 13 at 6pm, in the conference hall of the book fair.
Read more about the book fair in Daily Star's article "Fiction, politics set to top book fair"