Scholastic book fair 20 mummy egypt crafts, ancient. People browse books at book stands at cairo international book fair in cairo, egypt, on jan. The cairo international book fair is one of the worlds biggest book fairs. Oct 10, 20 this pin was discovered by susan besser. Ahmed megahed, head of the general egyptian book organization, announced on tuesday the winners of the 44th cairo international book fair prizes. The cairo international book fair is the largest and oldest book fair in the arab world, held every year in the last week of january in cairo, egypt, at the cairo international fair grounds in madinat nasr. The show scheduled to go on next month on january 22, 2014 the cairo international book fair is set to open as usual, although it will be two days longer than originally planned and without turkeys official involvement. The poster is different this year although the images on the cairo international book fair website remain the same and officials at the general egyptian book organization gebo told ahram online that the poster does not reflect a new strategy or orientation exactly, but suggests that writers are looking forward to a new era. Fair cibf, which will be held between 23 january5 february 20. The guest of honour countries in 51st cairo international. Cairo book fair offers opportunity for new generation of writers. Groups of friends, couples and whole families are flocking to the fairgrounds in search of bargains, study books and new titles at publishers booths. See more ideas about books, art book fair and international books. The cairo international book fair is the largest and oldest book fair in the arab world, held every year in the last week of january in cairo, egypt, at egypt international exhibitions center in new cairo, almosheer axis, it is organised by the general egyptian book organisation.
The fair is considered the most important event in the arabic publishing world. December 29, 20 december 27, 20 mlynxqualey cairo book fair, egypt cairo book fair. Libya at the cairo book fair perhaps 20 was not the best year to be guest of honor at the cairo international book fair. More specifically, the fairs coincidence with the january 25th anniversary of the revolution inevitably ties it to questions about postrevolutionary egypt. In 2006 it was the second largest book fair in the world after the frankfurt book fair. A few days and the 51st session of the cairo international book fair will start at the egypt center for international exhibitions in the fifth settlement, from january 22 to february 4, and the state of senegal will be the guest of honour of the exhibition for 2020, and the late thinker and geographer, gamal hamdan, personality of the year, with the participation of 38 arab and foreign countries. Cairo the cairo international book fair, the oldest and largest book fair in the middle east, celebrates its 50th anniversary under a shadow of controversy and a significant drop in the number of visitors compared to last year. Cairo international fair 2021 cairo industrial fairs. Local book fairs catch summer readers on egypts coasts. See more ideas about fallen book, egyptian party and egypt. Also, great writer and ex minister of culture, tharwat okasha, and late great writer soheir alkalamawi are set to be figures of the year in the 50th. Cairo international book fair 20 at nasr city fairgrounds as the largest and oldest book fair in the arab world, the annual cairo international book fair attracts hundreds of book sellers from around the world and up to 2 million visitors. In terms of international publishersparticipation, the cairo book fair constitutes one of. Egypts culture minister ines abdeldayem who in 20 took over the.
It is held every year in late january and early february. Wiesenthal centre exposes antisemitism at cairo international book. The golden jubilee of cairo international book fair, set to be held in ard elmaared, nasr city, in 2019, has chosen the arab league as the guest of honor of the book fair. Articles with permanently dead external links articles with dead external links from november 2018 use dmy dates from july 20 pages using. By 20 the fair seemed back on track with good attendance and all of the big name bookstores and houses in their usual spots. It is managed by the general egyptian book organization, a stateowned publisher and book retailer association. Ali ahmida, professor and chair of the department of political science, was the invited keynote speaker at the 44th cairo international book fair on january 29, 20.
No less than 34 countries are expected to participate, including arab and african states such as bahrain. The cairo international book fair attracted thousands of visitors and book lovers seeking to make purchases. The new cairo international book fair poster suggests the egyptian. Mohamed atef has 94 books on goodreads, and is currently reading. Main features of 50th cairo international book fair. If you havent been to the cairo international book fair yet held annually at. Handmade goodies from all over the country with over a hundred participants will be featured for the first time in egypt in the biggest international handicrafts show at cairo fair ground from the 18th to the 25th of november. The cairo international book fair cibf is the largest and longestrunning book fair in the arab states, as well as one of the worlds biggest book related events. Cairo book fair officially opened to visitors after. A young visitor to the cairo book fair is engrossed in his new purchase.
The 47 th edition of the cairo international book fair opens wednesday under the theme of culture in confrontation and is scheduled to conclude on february 10. Trade shows by industry trade shows by month trade shows by location trade shows by organizer. The cairo international book fairs 50th edition opens amid. The 44th cairo international book fair to commence on 23 january. Opening day of cairo international book fair sees few visitors, organisers hope january 25 revolution second anniversary wont deter booklovers from attending mohammed saad, thursday 24 jan 20. We believe the bible is for everyone so we are working towards the day when everyone can access the bible in the language and medium of their choice. A report from the beirut international arab book fair 20 with an. Cairo international book fair poster revealed with subtle change. A report from the beirut international arab book fair 20 with an interview with dr. Book worms of egypt, the cairo international book fair is selling books to crowds of hungry readers coming from all over the country to snatch up their favourite bestsellers at the minimum cost.
The programs set to be held from january 29 through 31, on the eve of the citys 47th fair. Egypts al ahram group displays hate literature at frankfurt book fair. The cairo book fair, which boasts two million annual visitors and more than 700 publishers, has seen hard times in the last several years. The cairo international book fair is the largest and oldest book fair in the arab world, held. Daily news egypt january 22, 20 be the first to comment. Cairo in a scheme to break cairo s monopoly over literary events and catch readers at the beach, egypts general egyptian book organization gebo, the organizer of egypts iconic cairo international book fair, has turned to the countrys coastal towns as new venues for summer book fairs the initiative was welcomed by egypts literary and media circles. The awards recognize the best 10 books published in 2012 in the fields of politics, fiction collection of short stories and novels, poetry, arts, humanities, science, heritage and childrens literature.
The 49th round of egypts cairo international book fair cibf was officially opened to visitors on saturday, with algeria as the guest of honor this year. Pick up accessories, clothes, curtain, and hopefully some soap while youre at it. Ipa, who and unicef launch read the world on international childrens book day to support children and young people in isolation genevanew york, 2 april 2020 muchloved childrens authors are joining an initiative to read extracts of their books to millions of children and young people currently living in isolation amid the covid19. United bible societies ubs is a global network of bible societies working in over 200 countries and territories across the world. The 2012 book fair was a bit sluggish and slapped together at the last minute, but it still brought in nearly 2 million books and 745 publishers. One of the big events of cairo s cultural year is back. Cairo book fair to launch professional program publishing. In early 2015, the cairo international book fair will launch its firstever professional program. Cairo international book fair is one of the biggest book fairs in world with about 2 million visitors every year. The second postrevolutionary cairo book fair and the wider significance of book fairs to middle eastern book business. The show scheduled to go on next month on january 22, 2014 the cairo international book fair is set to open as usual, although it will be two days longer than originally planned and. The cairo book fair is back, bring a cart daily news egypt.
The annual cairo international book fair cibf has taken off at the. Daily news egypt january 29, 20 be the first to comment. With the 44th cairo international bookfair currently under way, the bible society of egypt is asking for prayer as it seeks to reach thousands of bookfairgoers with the bible. As other parts of cairo are filled with demonstrations, tear gas and flying rocks, life at the cairo book fair is going on as normal. Pieter steinz, director of the dutch foundation for literature, was a guinea pig for the project when he attended the cairo book fair in 20. Ahra m online offers readers the most important cultural events taking place at the cairo international book fai r on 24 january 4 february. Cairo book fair prizes announced egypt independent.