Vietnamese chef Thuy Diem Pham prepared crispy fried fish and tomato rice
paper rolls giving a French twist to it

Sharjah, November 14, 2024

“The best thing about fusion food is that we take the best of a culture and combine it with what is special to you,” said British-Vietnamese chef Thuy Diem Pham as she set about preparing a French inspired dish during the “Vietnam on a Plate: Thuy Diem’s Cooking Demo” at the 43rd edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) which is happening at Expo Centre Sharjah.

 Visitors have fun interacting with members of the Cherry Family –
spring, summer, autumn and winter – roaming in the SIBF 2024 venue

Sharjah, November 14, 2024

“If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” wrote English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley in his poem “Ode to the West Wind”. But where can we see winter, spring, summer and autumn together? Come to the 43rd edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair, which is happening at Expo Centre Sharjah, to witness the roaming show of The Cherry Trees and be awed by the four seasons walking around the halls and lobbies with children and adults milling around them.

The Trends Research & Advisory pavilion at Sharjah International Book Fair has two robots that interact with the public and answer anything under the sun.

Sharjah, November 13, 2024

This is my first time at the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF), says Echo, the life-sized robot at the pavilion of Trends Research & Advisory, the decade-old research institution in Abu Dhabi exhibiting at SIBF 2024. The male-voiced Echo has a female humanoid robot called Moxy for company, much smaller in size and looking like a local.