Installing tents is the first step preparing to hold the Ninth International Book Fair in Kerbala’ City

The technical personnel of the Imam Hussein and EL-Abbas holy shrines began to install the tents preparing to hold the Ninth International Book Fair in Kerbala’ City – Iraq. Sayed Muyaiser El-Hekeem, a member of the preparatory committee of the festival and the book fair said to Alkafeel Global Network, “The festival will be held on June 10, 2013 within the activities of the Ninth International Cultural Martyrdom Spring Festival.”

He also said that the there are many countries would participate in the festival, and a special suite specified for the VIPs and delegations. About 238 publishers have sent request to have a stand to participate in the festival, 168 of them have been accepted with over 60 000 various books.