The 63rd Beirut International Arab Book Fair, known as Maarad al-Kitab, was scheduled to take place in the capital earlier this month, has been postponed to 2020 due to the protests that have swept the Lebanese nation since October 17.
In a statement made by the Syndicate of Publishers Union and the Arab Cultural Club in Lebanon on Facebook, the fair will now take place from February 28 until March 10. According to the statement, the decision to move the fair was made in order to guarantee its success.
This isn't the first event of its kind to be postponed due to the political situation.
Ashkal Alwan, one of the country's most influential non-profit arts organisations, postponed the opening of Home Works 8, which was was due to run for 10 days and include exhibitions, performances, readings, lectures and film screenings, indefinitely after the eruption of protests. Also, the Beirut Marathon Association postponed the Beirut Marathon to November 8, 2020.
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Yemen's Bahais and the charges they often face
The Baha'i faith was made known in Yemen in the 19th century, first introduced by an Iranian man named Ali Muhammad Al Shirazi, considered the Herald of the Baha'i faith in 1844.
The Baha'i faith has had a growing number of followers in recent years despite persecution in Yemen and Iran.
Today, some 2,000 Baha'is reside in Yemen, according to Insaf.
"The 24 defendants represented by the House of Justice, which has intelligence outfits from the uS and the UK working to carry out an espionage scheme in Yemen under the guise of religion.. aimed to impant and found the Bahai sect on Yemeni soil by bringing foreign Bahais from abroad and homing them in Yemen," the charge sheet said.
Baha'Ullah, the founder of the Bahai faith, was exiled by the Ottoman Empire in 1868 from Iran to what is now Israel. Now, the Bahai faith's highest governing body, known as the Universal House of Justice, is based in the Israeli city of Haifa, which the Bahais turn towards during prayer.
The Houthis cite this as collective "evidence" of Bahai "links" to Israel - which the Houthis consider their enemy.
