TEHRAN -- An Iranian publisher participating in the Arabic Books Exhibition, which is currently underway in Kuwait, said that visitors frequently ask for novels by Iranian writers.
“Many people visiting the exhibition often asked for Persian novels and literary books,” Hamid Dehdashti, the deputy director of Iran’s Alhoda International Publishing Institution, said in press release on Tuesday.
Representing Iranian publishers, Alhoda is displaying Arabic versions of 120 books by Iranian writers at the exhibition.
“This exhibition is not a specialized book fair at all and general works are offered more by publishers,” Dehdashti said and added, “Visitors lamented the lower numbers of books offered by Iranian publishers at the exhibit.”
The Arabic Books Exhibition opened on November 19 and runs for eleven days.
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