International Fairs

Egypt opened the 57th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly inaugurating the event on behalf of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi at the Egypt International Exhibition Centre in New Cairo. Held under presidential patronage, the fair runs from January 21 to February 3 under the slogan “One who stops reading for an hour falls centuries behind,” a quote from Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, named Personality of the Fair.