The 49th edition poster was designed by the book fair’s permanent committee in collaboration with the Egyptian Fine Arts Sector.Farid Dahman, the deputy Algerian ambassador previously announced that about 10 percent of the participating publishing houses are Algerian. Algeria has been chosen as a guest of honor in this year’s fair, after Egypt was chosen as guest of honor for a similar fair in Algeria last year.El-Hag previously announced that the number of publishing houses participating in the Cairo International Book Fair has significantly increased this year in comparison to last year.“The increase in publishing houses’ participation in the 49th edition is 120 percent in comparison to last year,” el-Hag stated.El-Hag added that about 144 new publishing houses are participating in the book fair this year for the first time. “The Fair’s Authority suggested launching a second round of the book fair in October.From our side as the Egyptian General Authority for Books, we are ready to cooperate in the launching of any book fair. We are currently discussing this proposal,” el-Hag said.The 49th edition will host a berth of new activities for the first time, such as theater events, cinema halls and fine arts halls, in addition to increasing the number of books dedicated to children.Al Azhar will also take part in the fair for the second year running. Its participation aims to communicate with all society to inform them on efforts to achieve peace and combat extremism and terrorism and also to brief them on the issue of Jerusalem.

Source: Egypt Today January 26, 2018 13:18 UTC