Scores of publishing houses to participate in Basra Book Fair

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: The Basra University will organize a book fair next week with the participation of scores of Iraqi, Arab and Iranian publishing houses, curator of the central library of the university said Wednesday. “The Basra University will organize a book fair between November 13-19 with the participation of 50 Iranian publishing houses and 20 Iraqi and Arab houses,” Hamed al-Dhalemi told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Several Iranian universities will contribute in the fair to explain their experiences in educational field,” he added. Basra is 590 km south of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1