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With Ibn Battuta as a guide, the Rabat International Book Fair traces the journey of a Moroccan Muslim traveler from Tangier who spent 29 years crisscrossing the globe. He left behind a unique legacy in his work, \u201cTu\u1e25fet \u00fcn-nu\u1e93\u1e93\u0101r f\u012b \u0121ar\u0101\u2019ib il-em\u1e63\u0101r\u201d (A Treatise for the Observer on the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Travel), making his journey an invitation to read and contemplate, for \u201cthe book is a journey, and the journey is a book.\u201d<\/p>\n
A journey, intellectual figures, Moroccan cultures, and an openness to wider world cultures \u2013 all of this comes together in the 31st edition of the Rabat International Book Fair, its latest edition. The fair honors Ibn Battuta and welcomes France as guest of honor, following Paris\u2019s invitation to Morocco as its own guest of honor at last year\u2019s book fair.<\/p>\n
Ibn Battuta\u2019s account, dictated to Ibn Jazi, accompanies visitors\u2019 journey through the book fair, with excerpts from various stages before entering exhibition halls. Also, a storytelling reenactment of his character directed to young people \u2013 special sections dedicated to his travels, particularly the \u2018Tuhfat al-Nazar,\u2019 include manuscripts, maps, and an interactive screen featuring his accounts of the Maldives, Iraq, India, Timbuktu, etc. Moreover, contemporary photographs of the landmarks he visited, \u201cstopping at cities of Andalusia, Morocco, and the Arabian Peninsula, starting from Tangier, passing through Ceuta, Granada, and Constantinople, before concluding in Fez.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The fair also showcases investigations of \u201cThe Journey,\u201d most notably Abdelhadi Tazi\u2019s edition published by the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco, alongside its translations into several languages, including Chinese. The celebration of Ibn Battuta\u2019s journey is not confined to Morocco\u2019s pavilion, as China\u2019s also invites visitors to \u201cfollow in Ibn Battuta\u2019s footsteps to discover China,\u201d presenting images from across the republic.<\/p>\n
Ibn Battuta is not the only figure remembered in the countries he once visited. The fair features informational panels of other Moroccan figures: Ibn Rochd (Averroes), Al-Sharif al-Idrisi, Fatima al-Fihri, and others.<\/p>\n
Another pavilion also showcases numerous Moroccan and global figures, including Al-Qadi Ayyad, Mohamed Aziz al-Hababi, Shimon Levy, and many others.<\/p>\n
In another pavilion of the Ministry of Culture, the fair introduces Moroccan elements included in UNESCO\u2019s Intangible Cultural Heritage list. These include Moroccan Arabic calligraphy (jointly registered alongside 14 other Arab countries), zellije, and caftan, alongside quotations from books across history describing these cultural expressions in various Moroccan cities \u2013 written by Ibn al-Qadi, Carvajal Marmol, Ibn Khaldun, and others.<\/p>\n
In the pavilion of the Mimouna Association for Jewish cultural heritage, named \u201cAl-Zohra al-Fasiyya\u201d (The Flower of Fez), visitors discover other figures of Moroccan music and their careers and melodies, including Sami El Maghribi, Haim Botbol, Raymond El Oujdi, and others.<\/p>\n
Several pavilions showcase Moroccan Islamic manuscripts in Arabic too, including the National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco, the Ministry of Habous and Islamic Affairs, the Al Saud Library for Islamic Studies and Humanities in Casablanca, etc.<\/p>\n
The pavilion of the Ministry of Habous offers interactive screens to browse Moroccan manuscripts and mosques across cities and through history, as well as to complete quizzes on the prophet\u2019s biography.<\/p>\n
The Pavilion of Bayt Mal Al-Quds Al-Sharif features a model of the Dome of the Rock alongside the Moroccan flag. It offers interactive screens for children to introduce them to Palestinian culture and the close ties between Morocco and Jerusalem, as well as juvenile books on the heritage of the Palestinian capital, alongside research and journals on the history of Jerusalem and Palestine and how Morocco, Moroccans, and King Mohammed VI support preserving its Islamic character.<\/p>\n
The ongoing Israeli genocide in Palestine is also addressed by the Amnesty International pavilion, which presented banners on its walls, denouncing the racist Israeli law that mandates the death penalty for Palestinians alone while keeping other accused ethnicities imprisoned. The images and slogans also call for defending Sudanese people and their rights, including women\u2019s freedom and that of opinion and expression.<\/p>\n
At the book fair, certain professional pavilions showcased books by members of their staff, such as writings of journalists in the Moroccan National Press Union pavilion, those of diplomats in the Moroccan Diplomatic Club pavilion, and those of lawyers in the Bar Association pavilion. Whereas the Russian Embassy showcased Russian literary and artistic heritage alongside publications and the legacy of Moroccan graduates from former Soviet and subsequent Russian universities, the Ukrainian Embassy\u2019s pavilion showcased children\u2019s literature, whilst the Czech Embassy, innovatively, dedicated its entire pavilion to an exhibition on its most prominent literature figure: Kafka<\/p>\n
The 31st edition of the International Book Fair in the capital coincides with Rabat being named World Book Capital by UNESCO, prompting the Foundation for the Preservation of Rabat\u2019s Cultural Heritage to devote part of its pavilion to its publications for children and other categories, while other sections highlighted the book as \u201ca central tool for conveying and preserving heritage: it preserves monuments, conveys knowledge, and allows exploring the sources of collective memory.\u201d<\/p>\n
The fair also showcases giant book sculptures featuring titles in Amazigh (Tifinagh script), Arabic, English, and French (Latin script).<\/p>\n
One of the most prominent sections of this edition, which hosts France as guest of honor, is a special space dedicated to \u201cThe Little Prince,\u201d recreating the fictional world of the most translated French story, whose author, Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry, shaped it in Tarfaya, Morocco.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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