Focal Point 2024, Sharjah’s annual art book fair, returns for its seventh edition at Bait Obaid Al Shamsi from 22 to 24 November 2024. The fair features a compelling selection of printed material by artists’ presses, bookmakers, self-publishers and non-commercial cultural producers who expand and experiment with the medium of publishing. This year, Sharjah Art Foundation has invited several community leaders, artists, graphic designers and independent practitioners to present a selection of publications from their respective cultural ecosystems at Focal Point. 

The fair will also include workshops on sketching, writing and zine-making, in addition to programming conversations, readings and presentations focusing on publications produced by the Foundation and the fair’s participants, alongside intimate meet-and-greet sessions about diverse publishing initiatives. 

40MUSTAQEL (Cairo)

AKA TAWLA (Cairo)

Abdullah Al Mutairi (Kuwait)

African Centre for Cities & Friends (Cape Town)

Ahmad Zaghmouri (Ramallah)

Akkaz Collective & We Collect Dreams (Kuwait/Bahrain)

Al Reeshah Studio (Abu Dhabi)

Areej Ashab and Ailo Ribas – Al-Wah'at (Jerusalem/Barcelona)

Art Jameel Shop (Dubai)

Bilna'es (Palestine/New York City)

Contemporary Image Collective (Cairo)

CUTT Press (Berlin)

Dar AlFadeela Book shop (Dubai)

Dongola Limited Editions (Beirut)

Fanzeen Comics - The Outer Space Magazine (Amman)

Fowala (Muscat)

Galley Copy Shoppe (Rotterdam/Metro Manila)

Great + Everlasting (Dubai)

Gulf Photo Plus (Dubai)

Hopscotch Reading Room (Berlin)

Hotel Notepad Drawings (Dubai)

Kashida Studio (Baghdad)

Kayfa ta (Amman/Cairo)

Makan Press (New York City)

Nadi Abusaada (Ramallah/Beirut)

Philosophy House Fujairah (Fujairah)

SONDUKE Magazine (Kuwait)

salasil (Dubai/Abu Dhabi)

Salon 57 (Abu Dhabi)

Sharjah Architecture Triennial (Sharjah)

Suwanya Saksomnat (Bangkok)

Tehran Zine (Tehran)

The Africa Institute, Global Studies University (GSU) (Sharjah)

The Fiction Council (Jerusalem)

The Muse multi Studios (Cairo/Khartoum)

The Packet (Colombo)

The West Asian and North African Women's Art Library (London)

WTD Magazine (Dubai)

Waggish (Dubai)

Yaz Publications Series (Istanbul)