Arab Publishers Association announces details of the Best Arab Publisher Award

CAIRO – 17 January 2022: The Arab Publishers Association announced the details of the "Best Arab Publisher" award, which will be awarded for the first time during the 53rd Cairo International Book Fair scheduled to be held from January 26 to February 7, 2022.

The Higher Committee of the Cairo International Book Fair had decided to award a prize for the first time to the best Arab publisher, the first of its kind in the Cairo International Book Fair Awards.

The award is granted by the Arab Publishers Association in cooperation with the General Egyptian Book Organization, with a value of L.E40,000.

The General Egyptian Book Organization will hold a press conference to announce the details of the 53rd Cairo International Book Fair on January 17, at Al-Manara Exhibitions Center in the Fifth Settlement.

Egypt’s Minister of Culture Inas Abdel Dayem announced extending the duration of the 53rd Cairo International Book Fair, which will kick off on January 26 and will run until February 7 instead of February 6 at the Egypt Center for International Exhibitions and Conferences. 

Abdel Dayem said that the 53rd Cairo International Book Fair returns to its original date at the end of January of each year, after the last edition of the book fair was held exceptionally during the month of June 2021 due to the global pandemic.

She stressed that the upcoming edition will witness an increase in the number of exhibition days reaching 13 consecutive days to provide the public with an opportunity to visit the exhibition and to  support the book and publishing industry.

It is noteworthy that the 53rd Cairo International Book Fair bears the slogan "Egypt's Identity" and Greece will be the guest of honor. The late writers Yehia Haqqi and Abdel Tawab Youssef were chosen as personalities of the year.