The 37th Sharjah International Book Fair in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, officially opened Wednesday morning. It runs until November 10 and features some 1.6 million books for sale, nearly 2,000 exhibiting publishers and 470 guest authors and speakers. Attendance is free to the public, and students from Sharjah and across the UAE are bused in daily to visit the fair. Japan is the year's Guest of Honor.
