Algiers: The 27th International Book Fair of Algiers (SILA) kicked off yesterday under the theme: “Reading for Victory” with the State of Qatar being the guest of honour this year.
Running until November 16, 2024, this new edition draws 1,007 publishing houses from 40 countries to showcase their publications in a variety of genres, in addition to providing a rich programme of cultural and intellectual activities, such as lectures and meetings to be hosted by local, Arab and African intellectual personalities.
The fair features a range of cultural activities, including the Palestine Space in solidarity with the Palestinian brothers in Gaza and host a series of seminars on this topic, chief among which are: Algeria and Palestine, a constant commitment, genocide in Gaza, literature and resistance in Palestine, Gaza, the double standards of the West, Palestine: writings from prison, and others.
Additionally, there will be a series of solidarity poetry evenings with the participation of creatives from Algeria and other Arab countries.
The fair dedicates a salon that will discuss a myriad topics related to literature, heritage, history and cinema, with the participation of a phalanx of intellectuals and thinkers from the Arab world, and from around the globe, including two Qatari figures Mariam Yassin Al Hamadi and Mohammed Al Balushi, in addition to the Algerian writer Wassini Al Araj, Senegalese author Mohamed Lamine Kamara, Ivorian intellectual Armon Goz, and the Guinean thinker Sancy Kaba Diakite.
