Dr. Haitham Al-Haj Ali, President of the Egyptian General Authority for Book, said that the number of visitors to the Cairo International Book Fair in its 51st session, which kicked off its activities on January 22, under the title "Egypt Africa - a Culture of Diversity" and taken from the late Gamal Hamdan as a figure for her and Senegal as a guest of her honor. It reached 180,000 people on its fourth day to welcome the masses.
It is noteworthy that the Cairo International Book Fair continues until February 4, and the number of pavilions at the exhibition reached 808, an increase of 86 pavilions, and the number of publishers and official Egyptian and foreign agencies 900 destination publishers, an increase of 153 publishing houses destination over the past year, and the number of Egyptian publishers 398 publishing houses The number of Egyptian publishers is Children's Book 75 publishing houses, the number of Egyptian publishers is an Islamic book, a heritage of 121 publishers, the number of libraries of the Azbakeya Walls 41, the number of publishers an audio and electronic book 7, the number of participants with special abilities, the number of Arab publishers is 255, and the total number is 900 A publishing house, and the number of agencies is 99 The number of participants in the events is 3502 participants, and the participating countries are 38 countries, three more than the golden jubilee session last year.
The character of the exhibition, Jamal Hamdan, was born on February 4, 1928 AD in the Qaliubiya Governorate, in a family that ends in the Arab tribe (Bani Hamdan). He obtained the primary certificate in 1939, preserved the Noble Qur’an at the hands of his father, as well as his intonation and recitation. Then, in 1944, he obtained secondary guidance, joined the faculty of the Department of Geography at the Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, then was promoted to an assistant professor, and during his time in the university he published his first three books.
Jamal Hamdan graduated from his college in 1948, and was appointed as a teaching assistant, then the university sent him on a mission to Britain in 1949, and he authored about 29 books and 79 papers and articles in the forefront of which was the book “The Personality of Egypt” published in 1967, and in 1967 he published his book “The Anthropological Jews” "In which it was established that the contemporary Jews who claim to belong to Palestine are not the descendants of the Jews who left Palestine.
His study "The Personality of Egypt: A Study in the Genius of the Place" is considered one of the most important geographical studies on Egypt, where "Hamdan" blended his study between geography, history, politics, natural sciences, humanities and other applied fields.
Jamal Hamdan won the Encouragement Countries Award in Social Sciences, the State Appreciation Award in Social Sciences in 1986 AD, and the Scientific Progress Award from Kuwait 1992 AD, 1959, and he also received the Medal of Science from the first class for his book "The Personality of Egypt" in 1411 AH-1988, and passed away in In 1993.
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