ماس القيسي
Readers are the target audience in the first place to be the first attendees in cultural forums and festivals, as they are brought together by the alleys of exhibitions, publishing houses, libraries, writers, writers and public figures, This creates another opportunity for them to get acquainted and exchange ideas and opinions on the new knowledge product and future aspirations in this regard.
With regard to the Iraq International Book Fair, which is held by Al-Mada Foundation for Media, Culture and Arts on the grounds of the Baghdad International Fair for the period from the ninth of December to the nineteenth of it, We surveyed some visitors to the exhibition who praised the organization and the allocation of halls to Arab countries with pictures of the most important leaders of thought and culture in Iraq and the rest of the Arab countries. “A successful exhibition, God willing”, This was the phrase with which Omar Ammash opened his speech about the exhibition, saying: What distinguishes this exhibition is the cultural schedule, which contains many activities and events with a high level of arrangement, Adding: The exhibition will have a strong resonance this year because the public expects it after a period of time of waiting as a result of the closure of activities due to Corona, He hoped that publishing houses would announce discounts for visitors to the exhibition in order for the book to reach a larger number of readers. Ashraf Jassim Al Aqili, Say: “Since the announcement of the exhibition, I have been telling myself: Can’t be missed. In fact, I expect the success of the exhibition due to the sobriety of the cultural institution responsible for it, which is the Al Mada Cultural Foundation.” On the spread of reading among young people, he says, “I notice in the recent past the increase in the number of readers among the youth segment, and this is a beautiful phenomenon because whoever reads necessarily thinks and whoever thinks is impossible to become a productive person.” He pointed out the need for intellectuals in general to commit to the responsibility of educating others.
agrees with him, Omar Mohammed, Physical Education, University of Baghdad, “Through publications and competitions, I think it will be a supportive exhibition for reading and readers,” he said. “I hope to pay attention to competitive sporting events, which will give the exhibition beauty. Simple competitions can be held and the prize is one or two books at the reader’s choice.” I expect the best and a lot of headlines,” Hakim Saadi said. “I hope that the prices will be reasonable because the idea of the exhibition is to display the existing intellectual products. We want to get as many titles as possible.” For his part, through Azhar Karim, Poet and academic, He expressed his joy at the exhibition, saying: “As long as it is the course of the river Sharif Muzaffar, I have decided since the morning to be the first to attend,” On forecasting the success of the exhibition and the need to promote it, He continues: “What I hope is a good movement so that we have an exhibition that reminds the ears, An influential exhibition whose collection is useless for society.” “The Iraqi street is excited about the exhibition because we were deprived of it for a whole year,” Dergham Luay, Graduated from a technical institute and works as a policeman, “After the demonstrations, Iraqi society started looking for itself among the books,” he said. As for Mohamed Mahawi, Political science student and volunteer (organizer) at the exhibition, He says excitedly: “A book fair and everything related to reading is important to society, Especially the artistic and cultural events in which the stars of culture and art will participate, “Inevitably, the exhibition will meet the public’s expectations because of the presence of most Iraqi and Arab publishing houses,” he added.