Minister of Data and Tradition, Minister of State for Youth Affairs, and Chairman of the Nationwide Council for Tradition, Arts and Letters (NCCAL), Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi, affirmed that Kuwait now bears a major duty to develop its cultural and media horizons and to strengthen partnership amongst nationwide establishments so as to showcase the nation’s vibrant cultural id to the world.
In a press assertion issued on Wednesday throughout his tour of the forty eighth Kuwait Worldwide Guide Honest, held below the patronage of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmed Al-Abdullah, Al-Mutairi stated he was honored to characterize His Highness on the opening of the honest, considered one of Kuwait’s most distinguished cultural occasions and among the many area’s key worldwide ebook exhibitions.
Al-Mutairi highlighted the spectacular scale of this 12 months’s version, which options 33 collaborating international locations, 433 pavilions, 611 contributors, and over 287,000 titles — a 35% enhance from final 12 months.
This progress, he famous, displays the robust dedication of intellectuals, writers, and publishers to advancing tradition, data, and public dialogue. He added that occasions of this range and affect play a vital function in highlighting Kuwait’s cultural stature and have generated widespread constructive media protection.
The minister emphasised the depth of cultural ties between Kuwait and the Sultanate of Oman, the honest’s visitor of honor, noting that each nations take pleasure in strong and fruitful cultural cooperation.
He careworn that the present period requires enhanced Gulf and Arab cultural integration to current a unified cultural id to the world.
Al-Mutairi introduced that the honest has chosen Mohammed bin Al-Zubair, retired Advisor to the Sultan of Oman for Financial Planning, because the cultural persona of the 12 months. Bin Al-Zubair, he stated, is a distinguished Omani mental whose long-standing contributions and management in establishing main cultural establishments have enriched Arab tradition and helped develop entry to data throughout the area.
The minister additionally famous the Ministry of Data’s efforts to diversify accompanying cultural actions, such because the Cultural Pavilion, Cultural Café, and Youngsters’s Pavilion, which give precious platforms for dialogue amongst writers, publishers, and cultural thinkers on points associated to books, creativity, and data.
Al-Mutairi underscored the essential function of the media in conveying the honest’s cultural message to the Arab and worldwide arenas, calling for continued help of cultural areas from all state entities. He praised the robust cooperation between the private and non-private sectors, civil society organizations, and the numerous engagement of Arab and worldwide publishing homes.
He identified that this 12 months’s honest coincides with Kuwait’s celebrations of being named the Capital of Arab Tradition and Media for 2025. Kuwait, he stated, has already hosted quite a few cultural actions and welcomed vast participation from varied international locations—momentum that displays Kuwait’s enduring place as a cultural beacon and a key heart for Arab media.
Al-Mutairi additionally careworn the significance of empowering youth, noting that they characterize the most important and most dynamic section of society, and possess the creativity and vitality wanted to help cultural growth and hold tempo with international transformations. He reaffirmed the state’s confidence in younger folks and its dedication to giving them alternatives to steer, innovate, and take part in cultural life.
Throughout his opening tour, the minister visited a number of pavilions showcasing new works in literature, science, economics, politics, and different fields. He additionally visited the guest-of-honor pavilion of Oman, together with different Arab and worldwide pavilions.
Pavilion representatives praised the excessive degree of group at this 12 months’s occasion, noting that the Kuwait Worldwide Guide Honest has established itself as a number one regional and worldwide cultural gathering distinguished by its robust publishing presence and steady growth.