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Summer bring a lot of fun and celebrations in many Somali cities. Last week, Garowe was the place to be. The annual @GaroweBookFair. This year, GIBF2017 took place 17-20 July, 2017 at East African University–Garowe Campus in Garowe and it was organized by @SIDRAInstitute and @Scansom_library. It was wildly successful. It received over 2 million impressions on Twitter and it was treading on some of the days.
Below are some of the tweets that summed up the fair.
#GIBF2017 officially kicks off at EAU Garowe Campus, with Ms. Bisle welcoming guests pic.twitter.com/2JtXgEkQHk
— Garowe International Book Fair (@GaroweBookFair) July 17, 2017
"The main aim of #GIBF2017 is to promote a reading and writing culture among youth" @sahro pic.twitter.com/HTyMUUkAkM
— Garowe International Book Fair (@GaroweBookFair) July 17, 2017
The @GaroweBookFair is promoting young authors! Tonight event enabled young authors from different regions to do networking #GIBF2017 pic.twitter.com/j9cmfCDYi0
— Garowe International Book Fair (@GaroweBookFair) July 16, 2017
It's only #Day1 of the @GaroweBookFair & my newsfeed is already filled with powerful images to last me for another year! #GIBF2017 #Proud pic.twitter.com/9AOGlCDuGB
— Ifrah Sucdi Hassan (@IfrahSucdiOtt) July 17, 2017
Ms. Dahir: "Our language & culture are our identity, henceforth we must aid publishers, authors and scholars willing to convey our ideas." pic.twitter.com/TqEdii4cNh
— Garowe International Book Fair (@GaroweBookFair) July 17, 2017
#GIBF2017 uplifting celebrations and cultural exhibitions happing now @GaroweBookFair #Garowe #Somalia pic.twitter.com/YgLM9PF6te
— Garowe International Book Fair (@GaroweBookFair) July 17, 2017
Mr Sheegow: "Parents need to take steps in preserving our mother tongue through their offspring by using literacy" #GIBF2017 pic.twitter.com/p9QaU8bKLM
— Garowe International Book Fair (@GaroweBookFair) July 17, 2017
Mr. Afrax: one of my favorite ?: Land without people and world without conscience, is one of the leading Somali intellectuals. https://t.co/dVnRPDXCG9
— Hikam dahir (@hikam_dahir) July 17, 2017
#AwaysGani from #Mogadishu explaining @IfiyeCenter and they are contributing to the promotion of #Somali literature #GIBF2017 pic.twitter.com/wYFUNUvqV3
— Deeq Mohamed H (@DeeqAfrika) July 17, 2017
Panel on how to improve female Somali writers, challenges & opportunities ongoing. #GIBF2017 side event features @sahro ,@mullaaxo & Yasmen pic.twitter.com/zQf9VLSNqa
— Garowe International Book Fair (@GaroweBookFair) July 18, 2017
Panel on 'Youth & Social Media as a tool for advocacy' features @ahmedvision1 @DeeqAfrika @mullaaxo @Mooinspires & Zainab Galol #GIBF2017 pic.twitter.com/22T7HAW203
— Garowe International Book Fair (@GaroweBookFair) July 18, 2017
#GIBF2017 not only nurtures reading habit but also enables visitors thronging venue to savour our rich culture & product exhibition #Somalia pic.twitter.com/Wrn1eAgdSF
— Abdirashid M. Dahir (@abdirashidmd) July 19, 2017
And as bonus, Garowe Book Fair has created 2 million impressions on Twitter! That is one amazing achievement! The power of Somalis on Social media is growing.
#GIBF2017 has created a tremendous impression of 2 million. Shout out to everyone who joined on the bandwagon! #Somalia pic.twitter.com/mxBuXqagpf
— Garowe International Book Fair (@GaroweBookFair) July 18, 2017
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