The Cairo International Book Fair will start its 52nd session on June 30 and will continue until July 15, after it was postponed from its original date in January. Preparations began early, with the launch of a website for the Cairo International Book Fair and the design of a site for the exhibition as part of the with the Egyptian state plans for technological transformation. The selection of the exhibition’s administrative committee chose writer Yahya Haqqi as the person of the exhibition this year. The committee also decided to choose a special character for the Children’s Book Fair for the first time, choosing Abdel-Tawab Youssef. The committee also decided to continue the celebration of the centenary of the writer and translator Tharwat Okasha and the poet Salah Abdel Sabour, while also reprinting several of their books.

Source: Egypt Independent June 01, 2021 10:41 UTC