The Supreme Committee of the Cairo International Book Fair, headed by the artist, Dr. Enas Abdel Dayem, Minister of Culture, announced that the visitors of the 53rd Cairo International Book Fair reached 70,000 visitors today, January 29, and the fair management noted that the most popular age groups are young people and children, with a rate exceeding 75%.
It is noteworthy that the 53rd session of the Cairo International Book Fair is held under the auspices of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of the Republic, and inaugurated by Prime Minister Dr. and the question of the future”, and it is considered one of the largest actual gatherings of publishers in the world, where 1063 Egyptian, Arab and foreign publishers and agencies from 51 countries participate. Selim Hassan, along with a group of children’s books and the “Ma” and “Vision” series, and for the first time in the history of the exhibition, the latest methods of technological development and artificial intelligence are used, where the character of the writer Yahya Haqqi appears, “the character of the current session.” Hologram technology in an interactive display with the audience, through a touch screen, and children and children's hall-goers can watch one of the stories of the late writer Abdel Tawab Youssef, "the character of the current session", holographic virtual using glasses It is also witnessing the creation of an award for the best Arab publisher and an increase in the value of the exhibition’s prizes in every cultural field in cooperation with the National Bank, the leading Egyptian financial institution in supporting and nurturing Egyptian talents in all fields, including culture and thought.
The events also include a professional program that aims to advance the development of the publishing industry and speed it up with the times, and to provide a professional and specialized platform for publishers and those working in the book industry that elevates the Arab cultural product, in addition to making available the online sale of books on the exhibition’s digital platform, and providing delivery services in cooperation with the Ministry of Communications represented by Egyptian Post to any place inside Egypt, and this session, and the number of pavilions in the exhibition is 879 pavilions.
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