On the sideline of the Doha International Book Fair (DIBF), writer and journalist Jassim Salman Saturday launched his new novel, 'Ibn Battuta's Secret Manuscript', by the Dar Al-Rafidain and Al-Watad publishing house.

Many visitors, intellectuals and social media pioneers attended the event.

Salman expressed happiness at the launch of his new work, which is his third.

He stressed that the novel is an imagined historical version, and the reader peruses the work as if it were an actual manuscript of the most famous Arab traveller, Ibn Battuta.

The novel is an attempt to revive and expand interest in Ibn Battuta, to restore his legacy, without neglecting to link the present with the past.