Culture drives us into the future: Sheik Dr Sultan

The Sharjah Ruler regarded Lebanese creator and pundit Dr Yumna Al Eid (otherwise called Hikmat Sabbagh), as the 'Social Personality of the Year' 

Being on a dynamic and comprehensive social way was the assurance for the UAE to make a steady network and a maintainable economy on the establishment of learning, science and advancement, the Sharjah Ruler said on Wednesday. 

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Opening the 38th Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF), His Highness Sheik Dr Sultan container Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, stated: "Culture drives us into the future and shields us from numbness. In the event that you need to think about the way of life of a city or country, get some information about the status its kids and the old appreciate." 

"Forty years prior, Sharjah was not what you see today. Nobody anticipated the huge social accomplishments which Sharjah has achieved. We started with an unmistakable vision of where we were going, and had the assurance to arrive. Culture is developed through persistence. as I have adapted by and by," he stated, including that the desires of Sharjah would never be satisfied without the intensity of books and learning. 

The Sharjah Ruler clarified that triumphant an esteemed social title like World Book Capital, whose broad choice criteria is characterized by Unesco and top worldwide substances, requires years of broad endeavors and key arranging. 

"Sharjah met these necessities to hold the title this year. Our arranging and endeavors are reflected in each home library we set up, in our aspiring, culture-cherishing youngsters and youth, in the morals and estimations of elements that lead Sharjah in all divisions, and in the colossal open participation of occasions got ready for our yearlong World Book Capital festivals," Sheik Sultan included. 

Inviting visitors, guests and distributers, Ahmed container Rakkad Al Ameri, Chairman of the Sharjah Book Authority, stated: "In Sharjah, we put information, books and writing at the bleeding edge of design and industry, and thusly, we prevailing in all fields. Every one of our ventures depend on information and the consciousness of society's needs, a strategic have disguised under the direction of His Highness Sheik Dr Sultan receptacle Muhammad Al Qasimi, who has demonstrated us the estimation of connections dependent on common regard". 

Featuring the significance of the SIBF as a stage for the intermingling of thoughts, dialects, stories, encounters and societies from around the globe, Al Ameri stated: "I remain here today, in the midst of 2,000 distributers from 81 nations, 173 creators, 90 social characters and a pressed 11-day motivation of 900 or more exercises, which have brought expressions and culture from over the globe under one rooftop. 

The Sharjah Ruler regarded Lebanese creator and pundit Dr Yumna Al Eid (otherwise called Hikmat Sabbagh), as the 'Social Personality of the Year', in acknowledgment of the huge job she has played to advance the Arab abstract scene through her commitments as an honor winning creator and pundit, for more than four decades. 

Al Eid stated: "I have affectionate recollections of Sharjah, which has been commending society, books and writers with no segregation by sexual orientation or nationality. I see this event as a respecting of ladies' accomplishments. Ladies journalists free the aggregate awareness from the practices and originations characterized by a man centric culture." 

Visitor of Honor: Mexico 

The 11-day book reasonable commends the Republic of Mexico as visitor of respect nation. 

Expressing gratitude toward Sharjah for sparkling a focus on Mexican culture, writing, craftsmanship and food at one of the world's biggest book fairs, Juan Arzoz Arbide, leader of the distributing business of Mexico, stated: "We are charmed to have gotten this huge respect. We accept that books can change minds; they are a key wellspring of learning. Books construct solid social relations and advance social coordination and improvement. This universal reasonable, which has my nation Mexico as visitor of respect, has enabled our creators and minds to convey on this crucial. We anticipate accepting all of you at the Mexico Pavilion at the SIBF." 

Victors of SIBF Awards 

His Highness Sheik Dr Sultan receptacle Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, respected champs of the SIBF Awards. 

The champs are: 

>Abdullah Al Nuaimi - Best Emirati Book (novel): Zubaida's Apartment 

>Abdullah Saleem Amarah, Latifa Ali Obaid and Afraa Rachid Al Basti - Best Emirati book (true to life): A Brief of UAE's social and Political History (From Stone Age to 1971). 

>Saleh Karama Al Ameri - Best Emirati Book (play): Take the Earth 

>Maqboul Moussa Al Alawi - Best Arabic epic: Al Hallaj Spirit 

>Amey S. Edmondson - Best worldwide book (true to life): Fearless Organizing 

>Chilochi Onimelokoy Onobia - Best worldwide book (fiction): Son of House. 

>Al Hudhud Publishing and Distribution - Local distributer 

>Dar Elmaref (Egypt) - Arab distributer 

>Adveza Graz (Austria) - International distributer 

>Edizioni E/O (Italian distributer) - Dh1.3m Turjuman grant for interpretation: Translation of Saudi epic A Small Death by Mohammed Hasan Alwan to Italian