52nd Cairo International Book Fair to be entitled ‘Egypt’s Identity’

CAIRO – 17 March 2021: The Supreme Cultural Committee of the 52nd Cairo International Book Fair convened at the headquarters of the General Egyptian Book Authority on March 16.

The committee decided that the book fair’s 52nd edition would come under the slogan "Egypt's Identity: Culture and the Question of the Future". The committee decided to choose writer Yahya Haqqi to be the main figure of the book fair in 2021.

For the first time, the committee decided to choose a special character for the Children's Book Fair, and writer Abdel Tawab Youssef was chosen.

The committee also decided to continue the celebration of the centenary of the writer and translator Tharwat Okasha, and the poet Salah Abdel Sabour through the cultural activities of the fair, in addition to printing a group of their books as part of the Ministry of Culture's celebrations of the two renowned cultural figures.