Cairo International Book Fair
cairo international book fair largest oldest book fair arab world held every year last week january cairo egypt egypt international exhibition center new cairo organised general egyptian book organisation fair considered important event arabic publishing world cairo international book fair one biggest book fair world drawing hundred book seller around world million visitor year largest book fair arab world well oldest second largest book fair world frankfurt book fair fair also notable cairobased publisher produce estimated three five arabic language book printed world state owned general egyptian book organisation—who coordinate fair—is largest book publisher arab world fair feature booth speaker private publisher government agency around world well retailer book video medium lecture reading public event take place almost three week book fair run material presented arabic english language fair purposely appeal ordinary egyptian medium mainstream topic outdoor event even firework entertain large crowd cibf founded general egyptian book organisation government publisher retailer group coincide celebration th anniversary founding city cairo st iteration held january february november general egyptian book organization declared new book published organizations name cairo international book fair cibf marred recent year charge leftist muslim militant author work critical government work featuring passage topic deemed sexually culturally controversial banned presentation book fair book fair islamist protest book deemed offensive erupted violence year member muslim student group protested outside alazhar university leading rare public protest egyptian government violence arrest number injury student protesting egyptian ministry culture publisher printing presenting sale copy novel banquet seaweed syrian writer haidar haidar following protest two member government printing house also arrested disparaging religion publishing work offensive public moral following year number book presented foreign publisher seized egyptian authority included work czech milan kundera moroccan mohamed choukri saudi ibrahim badi lebanese hanan alsheikh fellow lebanese novelist elia khoury egyptian police arrested number book seller activist book fair charging two egyptian journalist disseminating false propaganda government others presenting avowedly socialist work fair canceled january due egyptian revolution fair returned nearly new book seminar poetry recital theatrical show performance different troupe fair one way another seem depict celebrate arab spring egyptian revolt riyadh international book fair censorshiprelated controversy also common cairo international book fair istc travel guide ingrid wassmann censorship social realism cairo book fair arab medium society issue spring mona naggar th cairo book fair competition center periphery translated german isabel cole neue zürcher zeitungqantarade february shaina azad pink suitcase flowerpot turn head book fair daily news egypt january cairo international book fair website arabic