What is Cairo International Book Fair?
[[File:CIBF crowd 2009.jpg|thumb|right|Crowds walk among the thousands of titles available at the 41st Cairo International Book Fair, 3 February 2009.]] The '''Cairo International Book Fair''' is one of the biggest book fairs in the world with hundreds of book sellers and about two million visitors every year. It is the largest book fair in the [[Arab world]],<ref>[http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=4&Article_id=88461 Censorship trims fare at Cairo International Book Fair] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070105195337/http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1 |date=2007-01-05 }}. Agence France Presse. January 29, 2008</ref><ref>[http://www.yobserver.com/front-page/10013143.html Crowds flocking to Sana’a International Book Fair] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213235535/http://www.yobserver.com/front-page/10013143.html |date=2012-02-13 }}. Huda al-Kibsi, Yemen Observer. Oct 30, 2007</ref> as well as the oldest.<ref name=Guardian2009>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/feb/09/featuresreviews.guardianreview1 They let the dogs yap']. Maya Jaggi. The Guardian, Saturday 9 February 2008</ref> In 2006 it was the second largest book fair in the world after the [[Frankfurt]] Book Fair.<ref name=Kamel2006>[http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/bookfair.htm The 38th International Book Fair]. Seif Kamel, Tour Egypt. 24 January 2006. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525184244/http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/bookfair.htm |date=2012-05-25 }}</ref> It is held every year in the last week of January in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]], at the Cairo International Fair Grounds in Madinat Nasr, near [[Al-Azhar University]]. It is organised by the General Egyptian Book Organisation. == Size == Cairo [[publisher]]s make 60% of [[Arabic language]] books printed in the world.<ref name=Guardian2009 /> The state owned General Egyptian Book Organisation, is the largest book publisher in the Arab world.<ref name=Guardian2009 /> The fair has displ