Massive turnout at the Sharjah International Book fair

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00:00I'm Yasser from Libris.

00:28We're an Austrian company.

00:30We're rare books and manuscript dealers.

00:33We travel all around the world to buy and sell rare books and participate in book fairs.

00:40So we brought books about the region and books about medicine and we have all kind of books

00:47for all kind of ages.

00:49We brought Arabian Nights, the most expensive thing we have on the stand, 650,000 euros.

00:56It was made in 1608 and it's literally the most expensive thing we have on the fair.

01:06And there's only two copies and preserved with the libraries.

01:10And this is the only copy that is going for sale.

01:14And we have another Arabian Nights, also a special piece.

01:18It goes for around 300,000 euros.

01:22And this book was printed in 1835.

01:26You can see it's the only copy that's for sale because there's only eight copies in

01:30the world and this is number eight.

01:33So that's the only thing for sale.

01:36We also brought pictures of Sheikh of Sharjah.

01:41The picture was taken in 1903.

01:45It's a really rare picture to find and there's only two and preserved of libraries, one in

01:51Washington and one in the U.K.

02:21My name is Younes, I am speaking from the pavilions of Morocco.

02:46Morocco is the guest of honor this year.

02:55That's why we make this pavilion to explain and to present our culture, our patrimony

03:05and also our heritage.

03:06The oldest map and accurate map in the world is made by Mohamed Sharif Al Idrisi, the Moroccan

03:12geographic, made on 1154.

03:17It's almost 900 years before.

03:22This Mohamed Al Idrisi is born in Morocco in Septa.

03:28When he made this map, this accurate map, he made it on Sicilia in Andalusia, who names

03:37now Spain in this present.

03:40And also we have the trip of Ibn Battuta, the famous traveler in the world and also

03:47his trip.

05:10This is a map of Morocco, this is a map of Morocco, this is a map of Morocco, this is

05:17a map of Morocco, this is a map of Morocco, this is a map of Morocco, this is a map of

05:24Morocco, this is a map of Morocco, this is a map of Morocco, this is a map of Morocco,

05:30this is a map of Morocco, this is a map of Morocco, this is a map of Morocco, this is

05:35a map of Morocco, this is a map of Morocco, this is a map of Morocco, this is a map of

05:40Morocco, this is a map of Morocco, this is a map of Morocco, this is a map of Morocco,

05:54Okay my name is Lynn Rossi, I'm from the United States and this is my first time at

05:59the International Book Fair.

06:01It's been fascinating.

06:02I've seen books from all over, I've got to learn about different kinds of issues related

06:08to book publishing, I've been able to engage in interactive AI demonstrations, seen a lot

06:16about the different archaeological and historic sites around Sharjah, and I've been able to

06:23experience the hospitality of the people here, which is absolutely incredible.

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