Writing in ... Lebanon

       An interesting piece by Jana El Hassan in the Daily Star, who found herself At home and out of place at the Sharjah International Book Fair (where Lebanon was the guest of honour this year).
       Apparently, the authorities missed the boat regarding properly selling Lebanese literature to the fair-audience, as she notes:

This raises the issue of how Lebanon represented itself at the Sharjah Book Fair. The stand representing the country featured no resources that might sate the interest of those keen to learn more about Lebanese literature. Instead, it had the folkloric air of a Tourism Ministry kiosk

       Still, at least the Lebanese literati were well-represented, so the fair seems to have worked out reasonably well in that regard.