The activities of the Dar El Maarif Summer Book Fair at Alexandria City, kicked off on Monday, August 13.
The inauguration ceremony of the Dar El Marif Summer Book Fair was attended by Mohamed El-Serif, Governor of Alexandria, and Ahmed Zaied Head of Bibliotheca Alexandrina, and a number of writers and intellectuals.
El-Serif said that Dar al-Maarif is one of the oldest publishing houses in the Arab world and plays an important role in making readily available new editions of classic works of Arabic literature by Taha Hussain and Twafik Al-Hakim.
Visitors can also participate in an artistic program, which features around 50 publishers, including private publishing houses, and press institutions.
There are artistic activities available for children presented by the Dar El Maarif daily.
It's worth mentioning that Dar al-Ma‘arif was founded originally as a printing press in 1890 by Lebanese scholar and writer Naguib Mitri and his brother Shafiq.
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