This was the first year that Pieter Steinz, director of the Dutch Foundation for Literature, and Maarten Valken, head of the foundation’s translation department, visited the Cairo International Book Fair: Many Arab publishers bewail the state of the massive Cairo… Read More ›
Although the Cairo International Book Fair has been extended until Feb. 9, in hopes that publishers can make up for lost sales, the fair nonetheless held its closing ceremony Tuesday and awarded 10 book prizes in 10 categories: novels, short… Read More ›
The first half-day of the Cairo International Book Fair, Wednesday, was almost empty of visitors, Ahram Online reported. The second was also slow to its feet, according to ArabLit’s Elisabeth Jaquette: Jaquette said that the talks that she had planned to attend… Read More ›
The Cairo International Book Fair is set to open at 10 a.m. today, inaugurated by Pres. Mohammad Morsi, with the country still unsettled by train accidents, home collapses, and with a possible verdict in the Port Said football massacre looming…. Read More ›
The poster is different this year– although the images on the Cairo International Book Fair website remain the same — and officials at the General Egyptian Book Organization (GEBO) told Ahram Online that the “poster does not reflect a new strategy or… Read More ›
As I roamed the aisles of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF) last week, I had to doff my hat in recognition of the seamless, intelligent, highly air-conditioned event they had assembled with its many wonderful writers, illustrators, tech folks, administrators, and publishers. But I couldn’t doff it too far. First, I was cold. Second, I was always thinking of Cairo.
Yesterday, I roamed the grounds of the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) with photographer Yasmine Perni; insha’allah the fruits of our visit will be available soon on the Egypt Independent. The one place where I took my own photos was at… Read More ›
Take a tour with me around the 2012 Cairo International Book Fair, the second-largest book fair in the world.
Over at Ahram Online, Mary Mourad and Mohammed Saad have put together a short overview of the Cairo International Book Fair. I have added just a few items here and there. 1969: The first Cairo International Book Fair was held…. Read More ›
UPDATE UPDATE: The news seems to be that the fair will open on the 22nd-24th, close on the 25-26, re-open on the 27th and run through the 7th of February. UPDATE: The Cairo International Book Fair has been postponed to February by… Read More ›
I won’t make the opening week of the 2011 “not a substitute for the Cairo International Book Fair” Fair, as it coincides with the annual ArabLit summer vacation.* But the second half of the August 5-25 fair will be hard… Read More ›
Meanwhile, the General Egyptian Book Organization (GEBO) seems to have caught the crazy virus, and is planning to hold a make-up, semi-international book fair during Ramadan. That is, in August. And not on the fairgrounds, but on Faisal Street.
