Sharjah announces relief fund for publishers affected by Beirut blast

Sharjah announces relief fund for publishers affected by Beirut blast

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The emergency relief fund has been rolled out by Sharjah in collaboration with the Sharjah World Book Capital Office 2019 (SWBC Office) and the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA), and will translate into both financial and in-kind assistance to help Lebanese publishers recover the huge losses they have suffered in the aftermath of this tragedy and bounce back into business.

To this end, SWBC Office has designed a support fund of Dhs200,000 split into two grants. The first grant has been directed towards aiding the hosting of the next edition of the Beirut International Book Fair. The grant aims to reduce the event's logistical expenses to facilitate the participation of the bookmakers in one of the oldest book fairs in the Arab world.

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