SHARJAH: Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates is officially the World Book Capital of 2019, the first city in the Gulf region to be bestowed the title by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco).
The third largest city in the Emirates was so crowned by the United Nations’ cultural body on Tuesday night (April 23) in recognition of its outstanding role in supporting the publishing industry and nurturing a wide culture of reading locally and internationally.
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