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Damascus Children's Book Fair in Damascus
Damascus Children's Book Fair is understood to be a children's-focused companion event to the long-running Damascus International Book Fair, held in Syria's capital. Independent confirmation of its exact founding date, organizing body, and current schedule could not be located in this research pass, though the broader Damascus book fair tradition is well documented.
Syria's Damascus International Book Fair has operated since 1985 as one of the country's longest-running cultural institutions, and it is common practice across the Arab publishing world for major national book fairs to run a dedicated children's-focused companion event, typically organized by the same state publishing body, in this case understood to be the Syrian General Book Organization or an equivalent Ministry of Culture unit, to promote youth literacy and Arabic-language children's literature.