Focal Point, Sharjah’s annual art book fair, brings together a wide range of printed materials and publications from artists’ presses, bookmakers, self-publishers and non-commercial cultural producers who expand and experiment with the medium of publishing.
For its eighth edition, the fair has invited selected community leaders, artists, graphic designers, print studios and independent practitioners to present publications from their respective cultural ecosystems. Other dedicated sections will highlight contributions from UAE-based artists, as well as titles recommended by the Foundation.
Running from 12 to 14 December 2025 at Bait Obaid Al Shamsi, Focal Point 2025 will complement its offerings with speciality workshops focused on publishing and alternative printing techniques. The full programme of events will be announced soon.
100 Trames (Marseille)
32° East (Kampala)
51 Personae (Shanghai)
Abdelzahers atelier (Cairo)
Abboudi Bou Jaoude Vintage Print Collection (Beirut)
Akakir Studio (Algiers)
Almas Art Foundation (London)
Art Jameel Shop (Dubai)
BAMBAM! (Dubai)
BOM DIA BOA TARDE BOA NOITE (Berlin)
Bootleg Griot (Dubai)
Collected Volumes (Dubai)
展銷場 Display Distribute (Hong Kong)
Dream Press (Cape Town)
Editions JOJO (Mumbai)
Errant Press (Los Angeles)
Everything's Fine (Makati, Philippines)
eyen design (Amman)
Full Special Studio (Abu Dhabi)
Gulf Photo Plus (Dubai)
Ikrek (São Paulo)
iwalewabooks at 16/16 print studio (Lagos)
Jordan, jordan Édition (Jakarta)
Joseph Kai (Paris)
Kalā Kulo (Patan Dhoka, Nepal)
Kaph Books (Beirut)
Khunfus (Jeddah)
Makan Press (New York)
Maryam Abu Maash (Ras al-Khaimah)
Mauzoun Writing & Publishing (Jeddah)
Merath (Tripoly)
Nairobi Print Project (Nairobi)
ODD ONE OUT (Hong Kong)
pook aralang unrelearning (Philippines)
Raachi press / Umang poetry (Gilgit-Baltistan)
Rada and Mutaz Sawaf Center for Arab Comics Studies at AUB (Beirut)
REDO Prishtina (Prishtina, Kosovo)
Rizo Masr (Cairo)
Safena 7 (Cairo)
Samaka Snacks (Dubai)
Samandal (Beirut)
Seed Archives (London)
Set Margins’ publications (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Shaden Abed-elal (Bethlehem)
Shahed Shashaa (Ajman)
Sharjah Architecture Triennial (Sharjah)
Slanted Publishers (Karlsruhe, Germany)
Studio Chimbo (Algiers)
Tehran Zine (Tehran)
Temporary Press (Singapore)
The Africa Institute, Global Studies University (Sharjah)
The Creators Economy (Sharjah)
The Palestinian Museum (Birzeit)
Three Dots Type (Wrocław, Poland)
thultha studio (Riyadh)
Tiny Studio (Jakarta)
Vacilando Bookshop (Bangkok)
Vasl Artists' Association (Karachi)
Warshagraph (Kuwait City)