The 51st version of the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) kicks off tomorrow’s afternoon under the auspice of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.
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The CIBF was moved years earlier to Egypt Center for Shows and International Conferences in the Fifth Settlement, northeast to Cairo.
This year’s version is held under the slogan” Egypt –Africa- the Culture of Diversity.
Dr. Gamal Hamdan, an Egyptian geographer, and strategic thinker was chosen as the character of the 51st version.
His encyclopedic work “The Personality of Egypt” is the most outstanding of his intellectual achievements.
It was the product of ten years of dedicated efforts, during which time he used 245 Arabic language and 691 foreign reference books in several languages. In this prestigious book, he elaborately expounded the constituent factors making-up the Egyptian personality since the early days of the Pharaohs.
According to him, Egypt was the central chapter of the book of geography, that turned into the opening chapter of the book of history, maintaining all through a coherent civilization across history.
Egypt, to Hamdan, was a unique and non-repetitive geographical anomaly. Apart from the “Description of Egypt”, which appeared in print during the French Expedition to Egypt, this book remains an unprecedented scientific masterpiece on Egypt.”
Senegal, an Islamic state in West Africa, is the guest state this year.
The Senegalese people took a great in spreading the Islamic culture, Arabic language in the neighboring areas in the west and south of the African continent.
The fair runs from January 22 to February 4.
Nine hundred Egyptian, Arab and foreign bookshops participate in the upcoming book fair.
Forty-one of Suor Al Azbakia bookshops that sell old or used books appear in the fair for the first time in the new premise.
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Dr. Enas Abedl Dayem, Minister of Culture praised the strong presence of Suor Al Azbakia bookshops.
She added that those booksellers abide by the terms defined by the management of CIBF which seeks not to hurt the industry of publishing and rights of the authors.
The minister added that moving the fair to its new place pushes all to exert more efforts to make the fair appear in a better form suiting Egypt, her strategic place and soft strength.
This reflects positively on increasing the number of participant states which is more than the last year.
Pavilions of this version of CIBF become 808 with an increase of 86 ones when compared to the number of the last year.
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