Algiers' international book fair opens next week

The 6th international book fair of Algiers opens next Monday with the participation of scores of Arab intellectuals, including Moroccan Abed El-Jabiri.

More than 400 publishing houses have confirmed participation in the fair that will pay tribute to Algerian writers Mohamed Dib and Abdelhamid Benhadouga.

The fair features in addition to exhibitions, several round tables on Algerian literature in the nineties, copyright and publishing in the Mediterranean, copyright and code of ethics, writing and freedom, computer science and literary criticism.