Egypt News – Cairo: details of the opening of the International Book Fair of Sisi Cairo

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated Tuesday the "Golden Jubilee Session" of the Cairo International Book Fair, which will be held for the first time at the Egyptian International Exhibition Center in the fifth assembly to celebrate its 50th anniversary .Two Egyptian personalities will participate in the exhibition for their outstanding contribution to Egyptian culture in general, and in the history of the exhibition in particular, Dr. Tharwat Okasha, the last Minister of Culture, and Dr. Suheir Al-Qalmawi, who implemented the idea of ​​ u200b u200bthe exhibition in his first session in 1969 as the first president of the Egyptian General Authority for the composition "Book Authority" publication.

The Minister of Culture Inas Abdel-Dayem said that the opening of the exhibition by President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi underlined the state's support for the publishing industry as a tool for soft power for the industry. Egypt, observing that the number of Egyptian publishing houses is 579, 62 of which are publishing houses for the first time and 517 have participated in previous courses. Up to 170 publishers, including 24 houses that participated for the first time and 146 attended the previous sessions with a total of 723 suites for viewing and selling.

He pointed out that the total number of publishers reached 1274, including 525 agencies, with nearly 800,000 titles. The total number of publishers this year was 749, with 53 publishers published last year.

For his part, Dr. Haitham Al-Haj, president of the General Book Authority, stated that the Writers' Association oversees the organization of this pioneering exhibition in its history, influence and leadership from that date: the Arab nation was going through moments of bitterness . This year we arrive at the Jubilee of the Gold Exposition after a busy march where there was an active factor in Cairo that was present in the heart of the Arab world, interacting with the environment surrounding it, influencing it and incubating its influences, revealing its reality and its future. He added: "To recognize this important role played by the exhibition, it was natural that the League of Arab States was the guest of honor of the exhibition in its Jubilee of Gold, as a representative organization of cooperation and of Arab solidarity: it is the first time that an international organization has been chosen as a guest of honor, It is also the first time that two cultural personalities have been selected as "Show characters", recognizing their cultural role and pioneering in the creation of this important international cultural forum.

In order to facilitate visitors, the ticket price was set at 3 pounds and was also provided to encourage the public to participate in the exhibition's activities as concerns about the distance of the place.70 bus lines in collaboration with the Governorate of Cairo and the Public Transport Authority to serve the pioneers of the exhibition, 7 lines from Sakr Quraish-Riyadh – Abbasiyah – New Nozha – Amiriya – umbrellas), and each line 10 buses with a maximum time of 15 minutes 5 pounds per ticket.

It was also agreed with the service stations of Helwan – Mrs. Aisha – Foundation – Abdel Moneim Riad – Ahmed Helmy) to manage special lines for the exhibition at a price between 6 and 8 pounds, in addition to the agreement with the "Transport Egypt" to manage three lines of passage 32 friendly and air-conditioned buses equipped with Wi-Fi service with a 35% discount on prepaid cards, also it was agreed with the Authority for the transportation of the armed forces to provide a bus number from the old exhibition area at the top of the subway station at the Egyptian International Exhibition Center in 15 minutes. .

Thirty-five African countries, including 10 African countries, participate in the exhibition, including Kenya, Ghana and Nigeria, participate sixteen Asian countries, 7 European and 2 Americans. The current year will include 1273 publishers, for the first time 62 Egyptian publishing houses, 24 Arab and foreign publishing houses, as well as 6 of those who sell books in Sur Al-Azbekiya.