According to the public relations department of the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization, the 35th Kuwait International Book Fair was inaugurated with the attendance of Minister of Commerce and Industry - Ahmed Rashid AL-Haroon and Seyyed Badr Al-refaee the general secretary of National Council for Culture, Arts, and Letters (NCCAL).
The opening ceremony was attended by Iran's cultural attaché, Ahmad ali Mehri Ardestani and a group of ambassadors, diplomatic, cultural, literary and media figures.
Some 510 publishing companies from 24 countries are displaying their works in the event.
Moreover cultural, artistic and literary seminars are held on the sidelines.
Ehsan publishing company, belonging to Iran's Sunnis, is the only Iranian publication which is attending the fair privately with presenting some 100 book titles in Arabic and Persian.
Moreover the fair accommodates many works of Imam Khomeini and Imam Khamenei and Shiite books released by some Lebanese's Shiite publishing companies including "Dar-al-Amir' and "Al-olfin".
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