PHOTOS: Erbil hosts the 11th International Book Fair

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Erbil International Book Fair has brought together book ethnusiasts.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan24) - Erbil has been hosting the eleventh International Book Fair since Tuesday morning. 

More than 700,000 books in different fields and languages were presented at this book festival. Twenty Arab countries and four European countries participated.

Many Kurdish officials took part in the opening ceremony.

Fakhri Kareem, Al Mada Chairman, in her keynote speech emphasised on culture as the basis of any progress and renaissance. 

"Erbil Book Fair is not only another aspect of the renaissance that started for years to re-shape the features of the city and all the bright areas in Kurdistan. Rather, it interacts with the process of motivating whose workshops move from one field to another in all directions to enhance the new values that cope with the spirit of the age and requirements of progress and modernization performed by the government of Kurdistan in Iraq," Kareem said.

The 10-day book fair has drawn readers from across the Region to find their books of interest despite the economic crisis that the Region has been suffering from.

Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
Erbil International Book Fair (Photo: Kurdistan24/Alexandre Afonso)
2016 Erbil International Book Fair
2016 Erbil International Book Fair