Nasim– Ajmal Aazem, the chairman of Association of Afghan Publishers said that more than 80% of books in his country are Iranian, saying that young Afghan publishers eyeing to share Iran’s experience in publishing industry.
Expressing his happiness of being the first Guest of Honor in the 27th Tehran International Book Fair, Aazem told Nasim that Afghan publishers have attended by more than 2500 titles in Pashto, Urdu and Uzbek language, warmly welcomed by the Iranians and Afghan refugees here.

“Poetry, literature, novels and historical analysis of Afghanistan have highly attracted visitors here,” he added.

The chairman of Association of Afghan Publishers underlined that besides presenting Afghan book to the people in Tehran, they have held series of meetings and consultations with Iranian counterparts and officials in order to build a bilateral ties in publishing industries.

“My country has been dealing with three decades of conflict, now the new publishers have emerged that aim to improve Afghanistan’s publishing industry, hope to showcase Afghan books in the world” he stressed, “and they are keen to exchange views and benefit from Iran’s experiences in publishing.”

Referring to the importance of Iranian books in Afghan literacy, he noted: “Over 100 years, my people have enjoyed reading Persian books printed in Iran, there is not a single person in my country that has not read an Iranian book in his life; therefore we have discussed and called for boosting ties between two countries who share rather the same language and cultural values.”

With an estimated daily presence of 500,000 people drawn from all over the country, the 10-day Tehran international book fair is hosting different domestic and global publishers till May 9.

By Nasim Online

 

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