Tehran bookstores welcome Ketabgardi
Tehran bookstores welcome Ketabgardi

TEHRAN – The 4th annual round of Ketabgardi (Tour of Bookstores) was observed by a number of cultural figures, officials and Tehran City Council members on Thursday. November 17 has been set for Ketabgardi, a reading campaign that was launched during the Iran Book Week in 2014 by cultural activist Ahmad Masjed-Jamei who is also […]

TEHRAN – The 4th annual round of Ketabgardi (Tour of Bookstores) was observed by a number of cultural figures, officials and Tehran City Council members on Thursday.

November 17 has been set for Ketabgardi, a reading campaign that was launched during the Iran Book Week in 2014 by cultural activist Ahmad Masjed-Jamei who is also a member of the Tehran City Council.

However, this year’s program was postponed since the date coincided with the death anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (S).

Masjed-Jamei accompanied by Tehran Publishers and Booksellers Association (TPBA) director Mahmud Amuzgar and the Tehran Book House director Majid Gholami Jaliseh began early Thursday by visiting the Sadi Bookstore in Tehran.

Eqbal Publications with over 114 years of activities in this field was the second place Masjed-Jamei paid a visit.

His next destination was the Book City Institute, which hosted street children and a number of children from the quake-stricken region of Kermanshah.

He read part of the books “The Adventures of Tintin” and “Sinbad the Sailor” for the children. He also pledged to publish a book about the massive earthquake in Kermanshah.

Deputy Interior Minister Mohammad Hossein Moqimi, former Tehran City Council member Masumeh Abad, and Tehran Deputy Mayor for Social and Cultural Affairs Reza Salehi Amiri accompanied Masjed-Jamei in the visit to the institute.

Several other cultural figures joined the group and visited a number of bookstores on Enqelab Street in Tehran.

The reading campaign has been warmly welcomed by the Iranian cultural community over the past three years.