In Pictures: New books continue to attract visitors at Sharjah International Book Fair

This year, the 11-day Sharjah International Book Fair is being held under precautions such as masks, temperature checks, social distancing and regular sanitisation for COVID-19.

A visitor going through different children's books written in French.

Young bookworms at the Sharjah Book Fair.

At SIBF, a free-to-attend event organised annually by Sharjah Book Authority (SBA), visitors this edition will be limited to a total of 5,000 people per batch. Visitors have to first register on registration.sibf.com for their three-hour slot, which can be extended if space permits.

At the 39th Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) happening at Expo Centre Sharjah, the old charm of sifting through piles of books is vibrantly alive. The Book Fair will have over 80,000 titles this year.

SIBF, which is running until November 14, is also a platform for showcasing cultural and linguistic diversity at it offers numerous literary translations of books in Arabic from different languages.

On display are a wide range of books on Islamic art and architecture that trace the calligraphy, ornamental styles, painting, ceramics, textiles, jewelry, and glasswork of a vastly accomplished and influential civilization.

Book lovers started flipping through thousands of new as well as older titles as one of the world’s biggest book fairs.

Visitors can choose to register physically or online.

A visitor going through a book.