The activities of the Katara Arab Novel Festival in its 9th session will conclude on Friday. Many events were held over the Novel Week from October 13, including the Katara Book Fair with the participation of 23 publishing houses and libraries. An exhibition of the biography of Ihsan Abdel Quddus, was chosen for the occasion as the personality of the year. It also documented the women of his novels who appeared in Egyptian cinema. As many as 75 of Ihsan’s novels were adopted into cinematic works.