Cairo: 50th Cairo International Book Fair kicks off

50th Cairo International Book Fair

Source: Facebook

The Fairis held in Ard el-Maared, Nasr City, in 2019, has chosen the Arab League as the guest of honor of the book fair.


Also, great writer and ex-Minister of Culture, Tharwat Okasha, and late great writer Soheir al-Kalamawi are set to be figures of the year in the 50th edition of the book fair. 

 

More in our interview with our correspondent Mohamad Al Chazely


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