Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, Lt. General His Highness Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, has inaugurated the 31st Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, organised by the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre (ALC), part of the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi).
The opening ceremony was attended by Dr Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of Education; Noura Bint Mohammed Al Kaabi, Minister of Culture and Youth; Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure; Sara Musallam, Minister of State for Early Education; Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of DCT Abu Dhabi; Saood Abdulaziz Al Hosani, Undersecretary of DCT Abu Dhabi; Dr Ali Bin Tamim, Chairman of the ALC; and Saeed Hamdan Al Tunaiji, Acting Executive Director of the ALC and Director of ADIBF, along with a host of academics, experts and book enthusiasts.
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