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The Ministry of Culture and Sports is taking part in the 69th edition of Frankfurt Book Fair from October 11 to 15 with representatives of the ministry as well as a number of authors and writers, heritage researchers and a number of craftsmen, a painter and an Arabic calligrapher.
In a statement issued yesterday, the ministry said that the Qatari participation this year will be wider in order to celebrate the Qatar-Germany cultural year, with a number of Qatari entities, including Katara Prize for Arabic Novel and the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, taking part in the fair that is considered one of the world's biggest in the field.
The Qatari pavilion will present the Qatari intellectual production as well as a number of releases of Qatari institutions such as Qatar Museums, Al Jazeera Center for Studies, Muhammad bin Hamad Al Thani Center for Muslim Contribution to Civilization, and Hassan bin Mohamed Center for Historical Studies. In addition, there will be a dedicated place for heritage events featuring a number of traditional crafts as well as a calligrapher to highlight the beauty of Arabic calligraphy and a painter.
As part of the accompanying events, the Ministry of Culture and Sports, in cooperation with the State of Qatar's embassy in Germany will organise a seminar on October 15 on the integration and interaction between eastern and western cultures based on WestEastern Diwan by German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The ministry will also launch a book featuring short novels by Qatari writers translated into German.
Qatar has been participating in Frankfurt Book Fair since 2003 with the aim of enhancing intellectual communication between Qatar and Germany, building and developing new relationships with the publishing industry, boosting the opportunities of knowledge and information exchange with major international publishers, and promoting communication between international publishing houses and Doha International Book Fair.
Frankfurt Book Fair is the largest cultural book event in which thousands of intellectuals, authors, researchers and publishers participate from all over the world.
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