{"page":"\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/resources-c03aa079.css\" /\u003e\n\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/lp_boclips_stylesheets-517835be.css\" media=\"all\" /\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-title='Book lovers and publishers converge in Casablanca' data-url='/boclips/videos/5c54d72bd8eafeecae20994f' data-video-url='/boclips/videos/5c54d72bd8eafeecae20994f' id='bo_player_modal'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='boclips-resource-page modal-dialog panel-container'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='react-notifications-root'\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-header'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-type'\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-regular fa-circle-play'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nVideo\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 class='rp-title' id='video-title'\u003e\nBook lovers and publishers converge in Casablanca\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eLEADIN:              The 24th edition of the International Books and Publishing Fair is underway in Casablanca.              STORYLINE:              Book lovers are converging on Casablanca this week as the International Books and...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eLEADIN:\u003cbr/\u003e              The 24th edition of the International Books and Publishing Fair is underway in Casablanca.\u003cbr/\u003e              STORYLINE:\u003cbr/\u003e              Book lovers are converging on Casablanca this week as the International Books and Publishing Fair opens its doors.\u003cbr/\u003e              The event is an opportunity for intellectuals, publishing and book specialists, writers, school-children, students and the general public to get their hands on the latest titles.\u003cbr/\u003e              This year's fair has attracted 709 exhibitors from Morocco and the Arab world, as well as African, European and American countries.\u003cbr/\u003e              On offer are 125,000 titles from 45 countries.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"For readers, this is the time when they can get new editions and all the latest publications that publishers have produced, and certainly all of this is linked to all the efforts that are being made to increase the number of readers in Moroccan society,\" explains Abdellah Essadiq, Head of Exhibitions Department at the Book Directorate.\u003cbr/\u003e              This year's guest of honour is Egypt with an emphasis on the cultural relations between Rabat and Cairo.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"This participation is part of the cultural exchange between Morocco and Egypt, we are happy to be here. A large number of Egyptian publishing houses participated in this fair. That means that Moroccans are very interested in culture in general and in Egyptian culture in particular,\" says Adham Mahmoud, delegate of the Egyptian General Book Authority.\u003cbr/\u003e              Student Samira Taleb thinks it is important to value books, particular in the age of \"fake news\".\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We as students should be interested in reading and using books, instead of using websites, because sometimes we find information that is either insufficient or full of mistakes. That is why the book is always the best way to get the right information.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              As well as the thousands of books on offer, there are also a host of activities that visitors can take part in.\u003cbr/\u003e              The programme puts on 14 activities per day, with the participation of 350 speakers through several thematic conferences, poetic evenings, direct meetings, and presentations of new publications.\u003cbr/\u003e              Khalid Soulayman works for a publishing house in Italy called Al Moutawassit.\u003cbr/\u003e              He particular enjoys coming to the fair in Casablanca.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Me as publisher, I have a beautiful relationship with this fair... it is characterised by intimacy, by its wonderful visitors.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \"The Moroccan reader is a professional reader. He knows what he wants and he seeks what he wants. Only the financial problem is perhaps an obstacle for the Moroccan reader in terms of acquisition of books, but in general the fair remains well.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              And here they encourage a passion for reading early on - there is a host of options for the younger book lover.\u003cbr/\u003e              There are no less than 47 children's activities, between artistic and scientific workshops, reading sessions, and storytelling recitals.\u003cbr/\u003e              Mother Rouhi Najat thinks it is very important to encourage children to read, particularly with the rise in mobile phones amongst youngsters.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I encourage my children to read, especially because we see today that children waste a lot of time using their mobile phones. And so reading is better for them, because reading develops their culture and mentalities.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              The fair runs from 9 to 18 February 2018 at the International Fair of Casablanca, and is managed by the Ministry of Culture and Communication in collaboration with the Morocco Export Agency and the Office of Trade Fairs and Exhibitions (OFEC).\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              Casablanca - 14 February 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              1. Wide of the International Book and Publishing Fair\u003cbr/\u003e              2. Poster of the International Book and Publishing Fair\u003cbr/\u003e              3. Pan of the exhibitors' stands\u003cbr/\u003e              4. Mid of books\u003cbr/\u003e              5. Entrance of the Children Book Stand \u003cbr/\u003e              6. Children looking at and choosing the books\u003cbr/\u003e              7. Wide of the fair and the stand of the Arabic Cultural Centre\u003cbr/\u003e              8. Wide of Abdellah Essadiq walking into stand\u003cbr/\u003e              9. Mid of books on display\u003cbr/\u003e              10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdellah Essadiq, Head of Exhibitions Department at the Book Directorate:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"The fair, for the exhibitors, is the biggest selling opportunity for them. For readers, this is the time when they can get new editions and all the latest publications that publishers have produced, and certainly all of this is linked to all the efforts that are being made to increase the number of readers in Moroccan society.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              11. Wide of exhibitors \u003cbr/\u003e              12. Egyptian book stand (guest of honour)\u003cbr/\u003e              13. Egyptian exhibitor talking with a visitor\u003cbr/\u003e              14. Close of Egyptian books\u003cbr/\u003e              15. Entrance of the Egyptian General Book Authority stand\u003cbr/\u003e              16. Various of Adham Mahmoud, delegate of the Egyptian General Book Authority, talking with visitors\u003cbr/\u003e              17. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Adham Mahmoud, delegate of the Egyptian General Book Authority:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"This participation is part of the cultural exchange between Morocco and Egypt, we are happy to be here. A large number of Egyptian publishing houses participated in this fair. That means that Moroccans are very interested in culture in general and in Egyptian culture in particular.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              18. Wide of visitors sitting in stand\u003cbr/\u003e              19. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Samira Taleb, student of \"Writing and Literary Profession\" in Fes:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We as students should be interested in reading and using books, instead of using websites, because sometimes we find information that is either insufficient or full of mistakes. That is why the book is always the best way to get the right information.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              20. Entrance of Saudi Arabia book stand\u003cbr/\u003e              21. People in Saudi Arabia book stand\u003cbr/\u003e              22. Books of Saudi Arabia on display\u003cbr/\u003e              23. Various of Chayea El Kahtani, the Cultural Representative in the Saudi Arabia Embassy in Rabat, talking with an exhibitor on the Saudi stand\u003cbr/\u003e              24. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Chayea El Kahtani, Cultural Representative in the Saudi Arabia Embassy in Rabat:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Saudi Arabia and Morocco have very great cultural relations, represented by the Saudi Cultural Department through its work in Rabat, thanks to the completion of all means of co-operation and cultural interdependence between the two countries.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              25. People walking past UAE Book Stand\u003cbr/\u003e              26. Inside the stand of the \"Al Moutawassit\" publishing house from Italy\u003cbr/\u003e              27. Close of visitor looking at books\u003cbr/\u003e              28. Various of Khalid Soulayman, publisher at \"Al Moutawassit\" in Italy, on his stand\u003cbr/\u003e              29. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khalid Soulayman, publisher of the \"Al Moutawassit\" publishing house in Italy:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Me as publisher, I have a beautiful relationship with this fair. It is among the (other) fairs I like, because it is characterised by intimacy, by its wonderful visitors. The Moroccan reader is a professional reader. He knows what he wants and he seeks what he wants. Only the financial problem is perhaps an obstacle for the Moroccan reader in terms of acquisition of books, but in general the fair remains good.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              30. Wide of the fair\u003cbr/\u003e              31. Entrance of the School Bookshop group\u003cbr/\u003e              32. Various of visitors at School Bookshop stand\u003cbr/\u003e              33. Entrance to the French Institute in Morocco stand\u003cbr/\u003e              34. Various of Najat Rouhi visiting with her children\u003cbr/\u003e              35. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Rouhi Najat, visitor:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Today I visited the fair, I found a variety of interesting books, especially for children, that's why I encourage my children to read, especially because we see today that children waste a lot of time using their mobile phones. And so reading is better for them, because reading develops their culture and mentalities.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              36. \"Dar America\" stand of the American Cultural Centre in Rabat\u003cbr/\u003e              37. 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