The director of exhibition management Abdul Razzaq al-Shaibani said, "It was announced at the official site of Imam Ali Holy Shrine the holy threshold for opening the registration in Najaf International Book Exhibition in its ninth session. The conditions and the mechanism of participation of publishing houses in the exhibition was listed in the official site and we started receiving the demands of participate in the exhibition, which it is hoped to be opened from 9 / March / 2017 and up to 18."