Supervisor Elham AbolFateh
Editor in Chief Mohamed Wadie

CIBF Cultural Activities: Get to Know 6th Day Program


Tue 06 Jul 2021 | 09:47 AM
Rana Atef

The Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) continues its cultural activitiesafter opening its doors to the public on July 1. Here is today’s, Tuesday, program.

CIBF Cultural Activities Schedule Revealed, Know 1st Day Program

From 10 am to 12 pm, a program dedicated to children will kick off under the theme of “Atfalna” (Our Children). It will introduce various activities for children such as a talk about the environment by Higra El Sawy, followed by a seminar about cinema and a film screening.

Next, “Timo and Farfor” animated show will be screened. The upcoming episode will be dedicated to folk songs. After the show, a storytelling session will start, and it will be followed by a seminar dedicated to children’s talents by Wafaa El Hakim.

From 12 pm to 2 pm, there will be a program dedicated to fine arts. It will start with a seminar hosted by renowned artist Dr. Salah Anani, it will be followed by a painting with leather workshop with artist Nouby Badie, finally, an art critique session with Dr. Tarek Abdel Aziz will conclude the program.

From 2 pm to 4 pm, it will be history and reading time. It will start with a seminar about Selim Hassan’s “Mawsoet Misr” and reading for part 6 of the iconic encyclopedia hosted by Dr. Hassan Selim. After that, two sessions about Heba Hadie’s “El Raksa El Akhera” and “El Hagar El Aasheq” by Ahmed Fadl Shabloul will be streamed.

From 4 pm to 6 pm, there will be a talk about culture and philosophy. It will start with a seminar about Abdel Moniem Madbouly by Omar Mohamed Abdel Moniem Madbouly, and Elhami Samir.

It will be followed by book seminars for “El Mosiqa Bain El Fekr Wal Adab” by Dr. Ehab Sabry.

From 6 pm to 8 pm, it will be poetry time, the poetry activities for the fourth day will be headlined by iconic poet Hassan Tileb.

From 8 pm to 10 pm, there will be an interview with Egyptian author Naela Gabr, followed by a tribute to Mahmoud Darwish.

At 10 pm, the final activity of the day will kick-off. It will consist of two film screenings for “Sakra” by Mohamed Sherif, and “Kol Sana Mara” by Salma Yacout.