Events, ancient, british, british council, cairo, council, egypt, event, exotic, gold, nubia, nubian, nubian gold, treasures. The first new delhi world book fair was held from march 18 to april 4, 1972 in roughly 6790 m 2 area with 200 participants. Egypts restrictive cultural environment marred this years cairo international book fair with the recent arrests of publishers and closures of. Not that youd know it reading the western publishing industry trade journals, but the cairo international book fair has long held the crown as. The 47th edition of the cairo international book fair opens wednesday under the theme of culture in confrontation and is scheduled to conclude on february 10.
Authors, publishers and booksellers call for international support we, the undersigned representatives of the global book industry urge governments all over the world to recognize, support and celebrate the importance of books, learning solutions, and professional and scholarly content by adopting economic stimulus packages to sustain. The chain was founded in 2009 with the opening of its charter bookstore in heliopolis, and within the year it opened six more branches. Jan 31, 2019 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 the lackluster golden anniversary of the fair is largely blamed on the decision of the fair s organizers general egyptian book organization. Unfortunately for this years winners, this years prize has become not for its winning books, but for its secrecy and strange decisions. Select book conferences, fairs, and festivals in 2020. Cairo international book fair to open on 28 january. Coauthor peter lacovara lectures on nubian gold february 2. Marking the prestige of the event, president abdel fattah alsisi inaugurated the fair s 50th edition at the egypt international exhibition. The cairo book fair is the biggest and oldest in the middle east and apparently the second biggest in the world after frankfurt. Cairo by chris womersley meet your next favorite book. Egypts minister of culture urges public to attend 2020 cairo. Cairo is a most interesting departure for melbourne author chris womersley.
Free buses from the old headquarters of the fair in nasr city, as well as abdelmoneim reyad in downtown. Publishing perspectives has asked the cairo fair organizers for a statement. Jul 20, 2018 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. Celebrating german literature at the leipzig book fair. Only less than two weeks come between us and one of egypts biggest cultural events of the year, the 51 st cairo international book fair cibf. The general egyptian book organization gebo chose two iconic cultural figures to be the fair s characters this year. The 50th edition of the cairo international book fair will be taking place from wednesday, january 23 until february 5 in the fifth settlement district instead of its usual place in nasr city.
February 5, 2014 february 5, 2014 mlynxqualey cairo book fair, egypt. As it closed last wednesday, the cairo international book fair handed out its award. Cairo book fair offers opportunity for new generation of writers. Taking after its successful predecessor diwan, alef bookstores is another barnesandnoblestyle chain of bookstores found throughout cairo, alexandria, and some of egypts other governates. 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. The book fair is to take place for the second year in a row at egypt international exhibition centre, located at almosher tantawy axis in fifth settlement. Everything you need to know about the cairo international. 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. Egypts 50th annual book fair opens on tuesday ahram online, tuesday 22 jan 2019 egyptian president abdelfattah elsisi during the opening of the cairo book fair photo courtesy of the official.
Problems with the economy have had an effect on the fair this year, as publishers have been hit hard. A brisk walk through the 2020 cairo international book fair. Video by randa ali subscribe to ahram onlines youtube channel for the latest news, features and arts. Arablits founding editor took a quick run through before. The 64th cairo book fair began on wednesday 28 january and will continue until 12 february. A version of this article appeared in the 01062020 issue of publishers weekly under the headline. The golden jubilee 2019 comes with a lot of surprises including a new venue. Ipa protests 2020 cairo book fairs exclusion of tanmia. 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. 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. Cairo international book fair has excluded imprisoned publisher khaled lotfys firm from the event citing security reasons, the international publishers association ipa has said. Giri, then president of india this annual previously biennial event takes place in winters, and is. Social media calls to boycott 50th cairo international book fair, head instead toward alternative book fair. Egypts 50th annual book fair opens on tuesday politics.
International kolkata book fair it is the worlds largest nontrade book fair, asias largest and the most attended book fair in the world with over 2. Its our honor to be the official contractor for the 51st cairo international book fair which is launching on 22nd of january 2020. Mohamed laaraj, announced, that more than 700 exhibitors will take part in the 24th edition of casablancas international book fair. 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 chairman of the general egyptian book organization haytham alhaj ali said that 3. The annual cairo international book fair opened this week in a shiny new venue far away, literally and metaphorically, from the citys historic book souk and many of the old markets merchants stayed away. Jan 31, 2019 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 the lackluster golden anniversary of the fair is largely blamed on the decision of the fair s organizers general egyptian book. It is managed by the general egyptian book organization, a stateowned publisher and book retailer association. People browse books at book stands at cairo international book fair in cairo, egypt, on jan. The cairo fair is a publicfacing bookselling and cultural event, as opposed to an industryfacing trade show such as marchs london book fair. As western publishers look the other way millions attend. Cairo writes, beirut publishes, and baghdad reads, goes the adage.
Egypts minister of culture enas abdel dayem urged egyptians on sunday to visit the opening of the 51st annual cairo international book fair. 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. The cairo book fair is a major event for universities, libraries and research centres. Some 745 publishers from 29 countries 17 of them arab are taking part in the fair, which runs until february 7. A sizeable portion of the books showcased this year were written by firsttime authors or by rising writers. Thorsten botzbornstein presents his book deculturation at the cairo book fair in 2019. The fair is considered the most important event in the arabic publishing world. 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. 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.
Over 700 exhibitions at casablancas 24th international. The new delhi world book fair, hosted at pragati maidan in new delhi, is indias oldest book fair after the kolkata book fair. Cairo book fair officially opened to visitors after. Participating in the book fair is open only for publishers, members of union publishers, representatives of states, and public and international institutions. Larger bookstores, like auc press, have reportedly sold more than 1 million l. The sharjah international book fair ended on the 15th, and by the numbers it was the most successful in that citys book fairs yet, drawing a number of visitors or visits. Alexandria international book fair 2020 bibliotheca. The book fair will run from the 22 nd of january until the 4 th of february this year. It happens every year and lasts for two weeks, during which the showground becomes a hive of activity. I predict that the book will show up in any number of shortlists. The bibliotheca alexandrina is organizing its 16 th alexandria international book fair to be held from to 23 april 2020. Publishers, writers watch from behind bars as cairo book fair wraps. The annual cairo international book fair opened this week in a shiny new venue far away, literally and metaphorically, from the citys historic book souk.
Im still trying to track an official number for the 2019 cairo international book fair in. Sixty percent of the titles that are sold at the fair are religious books. Cairo international book fair will be open on 28 january with participation by 850 publishers, and a books database for the first time mohammed saad, wednesday 21 jan 2015. What to buy from cairo book fair 2019 english books 100. The bookworms platform graces us for the second year in a row at egypt international exhibition centre, located in the fifth settlement, with another increase in the ticket price, reaching egp 5. With 56 stalls of 34 publishers, the first kolkata book fair was organised on march 5, 1976. 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, near alazhar university, it is organised by the general egyptian book organisation.
Local book fairs catch summer readers on egypts coasts. If you have not yet been to the 51st cairo international book fair at the exhibition center in new. United group cairo international book fair 2020 facebook. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of this event. While the sclerotic institutions of statefunded culture remain conservative forces with an outsized role in egyptian letters, independent publishers continue.
This years cairo international book fair opened to the public on january 23, 2020. At the cairo international book fair, where hundreds of publishers and thousands of readers gather each winter, everybody writes, publishes, and reads. Also, great writer and exminister of culture, tharwat okasha, and late great writer soheir alkalamawi are set to be figures of the year in the 50th edition of the book fair. Cairo it was a warm, sunny morning when mohamed, a 39yearold accountant, decided to go to the golden jubilee of the annual staterun cairo international book fair. 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.
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