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Saturday 12 Dec 2015 - 16:07 Makkah mean time-1-3-1437
 Jeddah (IINA) - Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, governor of Makkah and advisor of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, opened the Jeddah International Book Fair on Friday evening. Prince Mishal Bin Majed, governor of Jeddah and chairman of the supreme committee for the Book Fair, Adel Al-Turaifi, minister of culture and information, and several other prominent figures attended the opening session.
Prince Khaled asked the Jeddah residents to visit the fair, saying that the event is the realization of a big dream. “On behalf of myself and the people of Jeddah, I thank Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman for realizing this dream. I am also thanking Prince Mishal Bin Majed, governor of Jeddah and chairman of the supreme committee for the Book Fair, and Adel Al-Turaifi, minister of culture and information, for working hard to realize this dream,” Prince Khaled said while opening the event.
Prince Khaled and other guests toured the pavilions of the fair, which is designed as platform for creativity and innovation, especially for young writers. A number of lectures, cultural seminars, story-telling and poetry sessions are being organized during the event. Around 440 publishing houses from 25 countries are exhibiting their books at the fair, which is being organized after a gap of nine years.
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