21st International Book Exhibition to open in Syria

The 21st International Book Exhibition at al-Assad National Library is to open Thursday with the participation of more than 370 publishing houses from 12 Arab and 8 foreign countries. According to <i>SANA</I>, the activities of the event will be accompanied by a poetic evening with the participation of famous Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish who will also sign his new collection of poems titled "As Almonds Flowers or More."