Dr. Enas Abdel Dayem, Minister of Culture, confirmed that the number of visitors to the Cairo International Book Fair in its 51st session at the Egypt International Exhibition Center crossed the one million visitors barrier on its sixth day to express the awareness of the people of the homeland of the importance of knowledge as a locomotive of development.
Enas Abdel Dayem said that the various activities create a unique creative case that combines culture with the arts, following up that the operating room that was formed to follow the work movement received a lot of praises for the new electronic application for the places of publishing houses, their publications and the dates of activities, as the number of users has reached more than 150 alpha.
The Minister of Culture praised the public turnout at the display stands to obtain the various and most recent publications, in addition to keenness to attend the accompanying various events that address all age groups.
It is worth noting that the Cairo International Book Fair continues until February 4, and Senegal is the country that is the guest of honor of the exhibition. The writer, Jamal Hamdan, will replace the exhibition's public figure.
The number of publishers and official Egyptian and foreign agencies 900 publishing destinations, an increase of 153 publishing houses over the past year, the number of Egyptian publishers 398 publishing houses, the number of Egyptian publishers Children's Book 75 publishing houses, the number of Egyptian publishers Islamic book Heritage 121 publishers, the number of libraries of the Azbakeya Wall 41 , The number of publishers an audio book and e-book 7, the number of participants with special abilities, the number of Arab publishers is 255 publishers, bringing the total number to 900 publishing houses, the number of agencies 99 agencies, the number of participants in the activities 3502 participants, and the participating countries 38 countries, three countries more than the Jubilee cycle Golden last year.
Wed, Jan. 29, 2020
