{"id":59133,"date":"2025-07-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/2025\/07\/30\/over-300-publishers-at-madinah-book-fair-2024-a-summer-cultural-destination-for-book-lovers\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T00:00:00","slug":"over-300-publishers-at-madinah-book-fair-2024-a-summer-cultural-destination-for-book-lovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/2025\/07\/30\/over-300-publishers-at-madinah-book-fair-2024-a-summer-cultural-destination-for-book-lovers\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 300 Publishers at Madinah Book Fair 2024: A Summer Cultural Destination for Book Lovers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><b><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\ncolor:#EE0000\">Over 300 Publishers at Madinah Book Fair 2024: A Summer Cultural<br \/>\nDestination for Book Lovers<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The<br \/>\nfourth edition of the Madinah Book Fair 2024 kicked off on Tuesday, with the<br \/>\nparticipation of over 300 local and international publishing houses. The event<br \/>\nis held under the supervision of the Saudi Literature, Publishing, and<br \/>\nTranslation Commission, and takes place in the vicinity of the King Salman<br \/>\nInternational Convention Center.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Running<br \/>\nuntil August 4, the fair features publishers from 10 Arab and foreign<br \/>\ncountries, including Egypt, Syria, Tunisia, Morocco, the United Kingdom, and<br \/>\nSweden. It is part of the \u201cBook Fairs in Saudi Arabia\u201d initiative, which aims<br \/>\nto promote the publishing industry and foster cultural and intellectual<br \/>\nawareness across all segments of society.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Coinciding<br \/>\nwith the summer vacation for schools and universities, the fair has become a<br \/>\nfavored destination for youth and young adults. Dedicated interactive programs<br \/>\nand activities have been designed for them, including educational and<br \/>\nentertainment events in a specially designated children\u2019s area.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The<br \/>\nevent also features a rich cultural program, offering thought-provoking<br \/>\nseminars, panel discussions, workshops, and book signing sessions for a<br \/>\nselection of the latest literary and knowledge-based publications.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The<br \/>\nMadinah Book Fair serves as a comprehensive cultural platform that reflects the<br \/>\nvibrant literary movement in Saudi Arabia and reinforces the status of Madinah<br \/>\nas a hub for culture and knowledge.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">(Source:<br \/>\nAgencies)<span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"line-height: 150%; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:1.0pt;line-height:\n150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-ansi-language:IN\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"line-height: 150%; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:\n150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-ansi-language:IN\">\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"line-height: 150%; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><b><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:\n150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;color:#EE0000;mso-ansi-language:IN\">* \u0644\u0644\u0627\u0637\u0644\u0627\u0639<br \/>\n\u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0631\u062c\u0645\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0627\u0645\u0644\u0629 \u0644\u0644\u062e\u0628\u0631 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0644\u063a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:IN\">\u060c \u0627\u0636\u063a\u0637 (<b><span style=\"color:#EE0000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/ar\/ContentDetails.aspx?ID=39788\" target=\"_blank\">\u0647\u0646\u0627<\/a><\/span><\/b>).<\/span><span lang=\"IN\" dir=\"LTR\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:IN\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 300 Publishers at Madinah Book Fair 2024: A Summer Cultural Destination for Book Lovers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":59454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[414],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-news-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}