MOSUL TIME RADIO
Nineveh Governorate organized its first international book fair with the participation of 110 local and Arab publishing houses .
Director General of the Department of Culture and Arts at the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Fayez Taha Salem, explained that “it is not new for Nineveh Governorate, which has a cultural heritage, to hold this exhibition on its land, in which more than 110 Arab and international countries participated .”
Salem pointed out that “the Ministry of Youth and Sports has a major role in this exhibition,” noting at the same time “a number of initiatives established by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, including providing grants for more than 25,000 shopping cards for young people, with the aim of purchasing cultural and artistic books .”
For his part, the owner of the Egyptian Al-Wasatiya Publishing House, Alaa Azzam, confirmed that “this participation is his first in Nineveh Governorate,” pointing to “the success of the exhibition through the participation of many Arab publishing houses in it, in addition to the public turnout that the exhibition received.”
