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Casablanca International Book Fair
إيان: Created by translating the page "معرض الدار البيضاء الدولي للنشر والكتاب"
The '''Casablanca International Book Fair''' () is an annual book fair held in [[Casablanca]], [[Morocco]]. It is the largest book fair in Morocco, as well as one of the largest cultural fairs held in the kingdom. It is held at the over 10 days every February, under the patronage of King [[Mohammed VI of Morocco|Muhammad VI]]. The Moroccan Ministry of Culture organizes this fair in conjunction with the [[Moroccan Agency for Development, Investment, and Export]] and the [[Casablanca Office of Fairs and Expositions]].
The book fair covers a surface area of 20,000 m², making it one of Morocco's largest cultural events. It gathers a number of cultural organizations and actors, including foreign missions, religious organizations, authors, artists, and publishers, in addition to visitors of all ages and backgrounds.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2OFQeUf ثلاثة ملايين نسخة ورقية تنتظر زوار معرض الكتاب بالدار البيضاء] Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>[https://ift.tt/2OFQeUf ثلاثة ملايين نسخة ورقية تنتظر زوار معرض الكتاب بالدار البيضاء] Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== Activities and cultural program ==
Each year, about 700 publishing houses from 44 different countries, specializing in various fields of knowledge, participate in the book fair, in addition to cultural organizations, research centers, universities, and non-profit organizations.
The National Reading Award is presented during the book fair.<ref></ref>
== Children's wing ==
In each edition of the book fair, there is a wing reserved for publishing houses dedicated to children's books. The event aims to promote literacy among Moroccan children, through a number of initiatives designed to encourage reading among children.
== Guests of honor ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"
|+List of guests of honor by year
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;widthash:5%;" |Year
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;" |Edition
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;" |Country
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|[[2019]]
| 25
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|[[2018]]
| 24<ref>[https://ift.tt/35MCzk6 مصر ضيف شرف الدورة 24 للمعرض الدولي للكتاب بالمغرب] Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
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|-
|[[2017]]
| 23<ref>[https://ift.tt/2OFvFap بلاغ حول حصيلة الدورة 23 للمعرض الدولي للنشر والكتاب 2017] Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
|Countries of [[Central Africa]]
|-
|[[2016]]
| 22<ref>[https://ift.tt/2rImIEz دولة الإمارات العربية ضيف شرف المعرض الدولي للنشر والكتاب] Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
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|[[2015]]
| 21
|<ref>[https://ift.tt/2L9PzbF ضيوف شرف المعرض سنويا] Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
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|[[2014]]
| 20
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|[[2013]]
| 19
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|[[2012]]
|الدورة 18
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|}
== Awards presented ==
* Prize of Morocco for Literature
* Prize of Morocco for Human Sciences
* Prize of Morocco for Social Sciences
* Prize of Morocco for Literary, Artistic, and Linguistic Studies
* Prize of Morocco for Translation
== References ==
[[Category:Book fairs]]
December 02, 2019 at 11:51PM
