Any news about it?? when is it supposed to start??

I heard on the 26th, is it?

Please if anyone knows anything about it inform me as soon as possible.

Yep, it starts today and goes on till March 7th I think.

thanx mux :)

have any of u been there ........ i want to but didnt get time ......

Thanks for reminding us Arby and the Book Exhibition organised last year was fantastic! I bought one encyclopedia in english and one in arabic for my kids, as well as loads of very interesting religious books.

I hope this year the exhibition will be as good and if yes, it is a must see ;)

Why don't we recommend books (Arabic/English) here?!

I haven't got the names of books I liked with me now :(, so who wants to make a start?!

Originally posted by Silent tunes
Why don't we recommend books (Arabic/English) here?!

I haven't got the names of books I liked with me now :(, so who wants to make a start?!

Great idea, ST..

If anyone is interested in Islamic phylosophy, you can look for books by ãÍãÏ ÞØÈ (Mohammed Qutb)...
here are some of his books which sound interesting:

ÔÈåÇÊ Íæá ÇáÇÓáÇã (Suspicions round Islam)
ÇáÚáãÇäíæä æ ÇáÇÓáÇã (The secular and Islam)
ãäåÌ ÇáÊÑÈíÉ ÇáÇÓáÇãíÉ (The Islamic education curriculum)
ÏÑÇÓÇÊ Ýí ÇáäÝÓ ÇáÇäÓÇäíÉ (studies on the human soul)
ÌÇåáíÉ ÇáÞÑä ÇáÚÔÑíä (The 20th cebtury pagansim)
ãÐÇåÈ ÝßÑíÉ ãÚÇÕÑÉ (Contemprary ??? ideologies)

mind my translation:D

I dont think any of the boks have been published in English..


What about you ST?! Anything new from the writer 3abd Al-Ra7man Muneef ;) ?!

Bimmi ,,,It would be great of you tell us something about these books :)


ãÐÇåÈ ÝßÑíÉ ãÚÇÕÑÉ (Contemprary phelosical ideologies) <-- I think !

Qutb talks about several ideologies in his book. After each idiology he talks about, he compares it with Islam and shows how Islam is more justices in all of the idioligies he talked about.

The introduction chapters talk about the depravation (ÝÓÇÏ) of the christian scholars and how this caused the people in europe to totaly deny religion in thier lifes , but only consider it a (habit) - if i can say- that they practice rarely. (This is after the French revolution). He also tlaks in this chapter about the role of the jews in corrupting moral consitutions in europe.

He then talks about (Democratic ) ÇáÑÃÓ ãÇáíÉ Ãæ ÇáÏíãæÞÑÇØíÉ) and then about socialism, then about several other idiologies.

A very interesting book really, contains lots of ideas, lots of information as well.
Other than the idologies Qutb tends to make you think about lots of things when u read his books.

Note : When he says europe , he means the West.
Another Note: Mind my english !

Seems no body is really interested in reading in this English sabla :)
common guys you are really missing a lot of fun by not reading.

I was also hoping to see more replies in this thread..

Those of you who have been to the exhibition.. what books did you buy? what would you recommend?

Even if you havent been there.. you can suggest any book you read or are looking forward to read..

Here is the Book Exhibition official website:

Muscat Book Fair (http://www.mctbookfair.gov.om/arabic/default.html)


Guwanta.. waiting for more book lists from you..

It is a must for me to visit again the exhibition this year and inshallah I should be going withing the coming days. I will let you know which book I got, promise ;)

Such A great thread.. And such a great apportunity for all Omanies to get some useful books.

There is a new book that am looking for and it's called "Hatred Kingdom" an english one..by Dore gold if am not mistaken!

It took my attention because of the fauls information it contains about Islam..Its mainly directed to KSA and its connection with the recent events ... My curiousty is to find how far their thoughts have been gone too..

I also want to find the latest of one of my favorite writers.. Mus6afa Mahmoud..I dont know whats new in there and it wouldve been nice to know..

Well and Bimzoori thanx for sharing with us Sayeds Qu6ubs latest.. One of my favorite as well..
It wouldve been nice to hear from those who went.

Sorry duplicated post!! :)

I have been to the book exhibition and seriously I loved it ..

I couldnt stop my self from buying and buying books :)

ok what I bought (all are arabic books :p ) :

Tears in my wedding day (Qmasha Al Alyaan): its short stories book written by a saudi writer called Qmasha al alyan .. her style is amazing .. I was so attached to this book and want to finish it soon .. really I recomment her stories to whoever love reading short stories (in arabic ofcourse)

The marraige and divorce train (rajaa al saleh):
It is a compilation of true stories written by this syrian writer. Did not read it yet so not sure about her style.

A research done to discuss Athiesim and thier basic idolgies. WHat I liked in the book that ot has a wide range of topic. Not that I read it yet, but the content page looks intresting.

Oman's Economic Idology. A book published by ministry of communication. Just wanted to have a general idea bout my country's economic activities.

Zinoiost leaders protocpls. I heard about this protocols from the famous tv series (faris bila jawad). Wanted to see what they are talking about.

Sounds and speach science. Bought this book for my dearest sister Silent tunes, thought maybe she would be intrested to read about her profission in arabic :)

so until now. I finished the first book. I asked my sis to get more of (Qmasha Al Alyan ) books .. coz I seriously loved it and I recommend it to those who love short stories.

Well if I start talking about Books i will not finish :s

So let me start with the important ones first;


1) The Way to Jerusalm (ÇáØÑíÞ Çáì ÈíÊ ÇáãÞÏÓ)
A very important book by Dr. Jamal Abdulhadi. It talks about the history of Palestine from Adam until 1992. It tells us how Palestine was lost and how we can return it back (Deffinatly by Jihad as you might guess)

2) The History of Jeruslm and Palestine (ÊÇÑíÎ ÇáÞÏÓ æ ÝáÓØíä)
A very important audio collection by the well known Dr. Tareq Mohammed Suwaidan.
This is an A MUST collection... I really cannot say anything about it cause i wouldnt be able to show its real value. I really recommend this one. It is a new publication that Dr. Tariq talks about Jenin masacre that happend in April 2002.
Really touchhing stories .

Great! I was expecting more readers here though :)

Arabian Princess, Mashallah.. you can keep all those for me to read.
1)Tears in my wedding day (Qmasha Al Alyaan), sounds interesting. What is it all about?!

2)Thanks alot dear for getting me the book of Sounds and speech sciences in arabic, I'm sure I'll need it for my future career to get a general knowledge of the terms used in Arabic, so thanks again and again, what a sweet sister i've got ;)

Guwantanamist, great collection you've got there, we surely need to have a deeper knowledge of the history of Palestine.
I wanted to read a book that would bunch up a great deal of the world's (Palestine/Israel in particular) history but in a simplified version, the audio collection from your explanation sounds attractive and the best choice!

Originally posted by Guwantanamist
Seems no body is really interested in reading in this English sabla :)
common guys you are really missing a lot of fun by not reading.

Check this link in the Health and Education Sabla, I am sure you'll have so much to talk about in this thread :)
Read a book?! (http://www.englishsabla.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=6507)

Well till now I have not yet visted the exhibition.... although its something I was so much happy knowing about it being held here in Mustan but because of my condition I just don;t really know if i can make it or not.

However from those ppl who went they came back with beautiful feedbacks.... .

A cousin of mine just left to school as they are going to be taken to the exhibition.. so i told her about a writer to look for me as I want to get his books... . :)

so who ever went what can you tell us about the books you brought with you home?!

aha.....i'm going right now..:D ...i'll check out some of those books..and see what else i might like and post..about them here..if i can remember..:rolleyes:

seems good...so far

I really wish if I had time to make it.. I couldn't go till today.. plus I hate crowded places where you can't choose smoothly.. I'll see if I will be able to do it before they close..

is it for sure on March 7th ?!!!!

I bought a medical book i needed
But guys guess what
In an Omani book shope that book costed me 11 RO
and in another book shop (gulf)..the same book..no difference in anything !!! was sold for 8 RO???

and thats the case for most of the books i wanted to buy!
the difference is always 4-6 RO!!!!!!! WHY!!!

people went and bought alot of books from that other Gulf bookshope till they finished the stock! so i had no choice but to buy the expensive one!!!

sometimes we have to go to UAE to buy such books with cheaper prices!!!!!! such a shame!

It was so crowded! :eek: you can simply see more then 300 out side alone.... went with family..soo no chance..to get in there...

seems like alll oman schools decided to bring their students today:rolleyes: they better think of some logical solution for this....and be more organized... creating such crowd....just rediclious..:lost:

are there still any books to buy :confused:

Originally posted by DeSerTDesTroYeR
It was so crowded! :eek: you can simply see more then 300 out side alone.... went with family..soo no chance..to get in there...

seems like alll oman schools decided to bring their students today:rolleyes: they better think of some logical solution for this....and be more organized... creating such crowd....just rediclious..:lost:

are there still any books to buy :confused:

Ha! DD you think it was crowded outside? You should have come INSIDE. We couldn't even move, everyone was squashed against eachother. What's worse is that they made it mixed (boys & gals). :duh:

Anyway, did anybody buy the book Don't Be Sad? áÇ ÊÍÒä
I bought the english translation, it is such an eye opener. If you don't have it, take my advice : it's a must read!

My sister was telling me that she got alot of interesting books,,,, wish i was there i love reading and I'm crazy about books.

Originally posted by runnin' around
Anyway, did anybody buy the book Don't Be Sad? áÇ ÊÍÒä
I bought the english translation, it is such an eye opener. If you don't have it, take my advice : it's a must read!

I've read bits and pieces of this book (in arabic), and I found it amazing. It makes you raise your self-esteem and have a view about yourself in comparison to others who are in tragic situations.. Such a wonderful book!

Anyway, did anybody buy the book Don't Be Sad? áÇ ÊÍÒä
Great choice out there RA..I read it all but in arabic..I actually recomended it for a friend of mine but ........
The author is A'aedh al-qarani..One of my favorite lecturer as well.
And Silent_tunes i agree 100% with you that this book really makes you calm and makes you feel that life is not at all about Sadness but love in gods protection.

Thats why I hate going to any sort of Exhibition especially if it is mixed . Because I consider that to be like " FREE TOUCH"

no matter how much you may try to avoid ppl but u will always get touched ... and that really drives me nuts.

Yes (Dont Be Sad) is a great book, and it is definatly an A mUST READ one.

3) What did the world lose by the deterioration od Muslims
(ãÇÐÇ ÎÓÑ ÇáÚÇáã ÈÇäÍØÇØ ÇáãÓáãíä)
Abu AlHassan Al-Nadawi (Indian Muslim)

This is a great book that we should have in the shelfs of our libraries (but we should read it first!).
The book was originally written in Arabic (I think its the first book AlNadawi writes in arabic).

4) Our Contemporary Issues
(æÇÞÚäÇ ÇáãÚÇÕÑ)
Mohammed Qutb
This is also a very nice book ,,,, You will find it in the first shop to your right, 2nd row from the left.
Good analysis of our contemporary issues and what should be done to overcome our sad situation.

We continue with books since today is the last day of the exabition....


5) Poison Wind
(ÑíÇÍ ÇáÓãæã) Riyadh Elrayyis
This book have been published after the 2nd gulf war. It talks about the situation of the region after the war.
Several other books came under similar names for the writer
The north wind
The east wind
The south wind

The importance of (POison Wind) is arising due to the unstable situation that is happening to the region. People keep asking what exactly happened 12 years ago ?
This books answers the question in detail. It also has good interpitation of the situation at that time.
This book might have already finished from the stock in the exsibition, but if you got a copy then i advise you go for it .. you wont regret it !

Okay I just came back from the exibition .. It had some great books i should say.

I suggest that someone makes a poll about "Do you like reading?" .. I have this creepy feel inside me that there arent a lot of reading fans around :)

I am a fan of reading, but I ouldnt understand that names of the books that were written in arabic here, sorry, my PC doesnt read arabic fonts!

Guwanta.. please do continue with your list of books.. we're following..

Azraq.. if you're using Interner Explorer, Go to View ---> Encoding ---> and choose Arabic.. inshalla u'll be able to view Arabic characters..


Here's an interesting book that I baught just few hours ago:

Politics in the Middle East by Elie Kedourie

here;s the caption at the back of the book:

"Events in the Middle East have prompted many questions concerning the conflict between Islam and European States which have, historically, been seen as a military and political challenge. WHy has ideological politics triumphed in the Middle East? Why have attempts to form constitutional governments repeatedly failed in Islamic states?"

I should start on it some time soon.. So I cant give any evaluations yet..

There was this book that I glanced from a bookshop, I regret not having another look at it..
It was called "What went wrong?", I can't remember by whom. The thing I know is that it discusses the power of the Arabic Muslim countries and how/why/when this power gradually diminished!

Has anyone ever heard of this book? :confused: