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Massive turnout at the Sharjah International Book fair
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2/19/2025
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I'm Yasser from Libris.
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We're an Austrian company.
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We're rare books and manuscript dealers.
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We travel all around the world to buy and sell rare books and participate in book fairs.
00:40
So we brought books about the region and books about medicine and we have all kind of books
00:47
for all kind of ages.
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We brought Arabian Nights, the most expensive thing we have on the stand, 650,000 euros.
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It was made in 1608 and it's literally the most expensive thing we have on the fair.
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And there's only two copies and preserved with the libraries.
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And this is the only copy that is going for sale.
01:14
And we have another Arabian Nights, also a special piece.
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It goes for around 300,000 euros.
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And this book was printed in 1835.
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You can see it's the only copy that's for sale because there's only eight copies in
01:30
the world and this is number eight.
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So that's the only thing for sale.
01:36
We also brought pictures of Sheikh of Sharjah.
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The picture was taken in 1903.
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It's a really rare picture to find and there's only two and preserved of libraries, one in
01:51
Washington and one in the U.K.
02:21
My name is Younes, I am speaking from the pavilions of Morocco.
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Morocco is the guest of honor this year.
02:55
That's why we make this pavilion to explain and to present our culture, our patrimony
03:05
and also our heritage.
03:06
The oldest map and accurate map in the world is made by Mohamed Sharif Al Idrisi, the Moroccan
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geographic, made on 1154.
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It's almost 900 years before.
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This Mohamed Al Idrisi is born in Morocco in Septa.
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When he made this map, this accurate map, he made it on Sicilia in Andalusia, who names
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now Spain in this present.
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And also we have the trip of Ibn Battuta, the famous traveler in the world and also
03:47
his trip.
05:10
This is a map of Morocco, this is a map of Morocco, this is a map of Morocco, this is
05:17
a map of Morocco, this is a map of Morocco, this is a map of Morocco, this is a map of
05:24
Morocco, this is a map of Morocco, this is a map of Morocco, this is a map of Morocco,
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this is a map of Morocco, this is a map of Morocco, this is a map of Morocco, this is
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a map of Morocco, this is a map of Morocco, this is a map of Morocco, this is a map of
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Morocco, this is a map of Morocco, this is a map of Morocco, this is a map of Morocco,
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Okay my name is Lynn Rossi, I'm from the United States and this is my first time at
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the International Book Fair.
06:01
It's been fascinating.
06:02
I've seen books from all over, I've got to learn about different kinds of issues related
06:08
to book publishing, I've been able to engage in interactive AI demonstrations, seen a lot
06:16
about the different archaeological and historic sites around Sharjah, and I've been able to
06:23
experience the hospitality of the people here, which is absolutely incredible.
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