Sharjah Book Fair shortlisted for award at London Book Fair

Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) – a subsidiary of the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) – has been shortlisted for the Market Focus Achievement Award 2015 at the London Book Fair

"HE Ahmed bin Rakkad Al Ameri, Chairman of Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) said, “It is a real honour to be shortlisted for the London Book Fair’s International Excellence Awards 2015 for The Market Focus Achievement Award. We passionately believe that getting more books translated into languages across the world is key to increasing understanding and therefore building a better planet." (AMEinfo: Mar.14, 2015)

According to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the book fair is known for displaying several anti-Semitic books and for report­edly giving a grant to Gilad Atz­mon to trans­late his anti-Semitic book “The Wan­der­ing Who,” into Ara­bic