Prominent Iraqi publisher and former presidential aide Fakhri Karim survived an assassination attempt in Baghdad on Thursday after gunmen intercepted his vehicle and shot it with eleven bullets. Karim was on his way home after visiting the Iraq International Book Fair in Baghdad that is being sponsored by the Al Mada Foundation for Media, Culture and Art, which he founded in the 1990s.
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one million titles available for visitors to peruse.
Organisers have noted that more than 300 publishing houses from 21 countries from the Arab world and beyond are participating in the event, with books spanning various subjects. A number of publishing houses are also displaying rare titles and antique reads.
Held at the Baghdad International Exhibition fairgrounds in the Al Mansour district, the fair will host eight activities per day for the duration of its run until Saturday, December 19, including film screenings, folk dancing, singing and poetry performances, as well as book-signing ceremonies for newly published titles. A visitor at the Iraq International Book Fair in Baghdad. EPA