Dates: 29 January 2011 - 8 February 2011
Cairo International Book Fair is honored every year by President Mohammad Hosny Mubarak who inaugurates its activities and proceedings.
Since the beginning of life on this planet, man has always been preoccupied with finding means of communication with others. The primitive man used his mind to create dialogue with others including indescribable sounds which he used for communication, drawings on caves’ walls and rocks, and engraving on parchment and leather. Throughout the ages, such means evolved into diversified languages used among human beings; for instance, drawing on caves’ walls developed into visual sciences and arts which became an established field that is taught and displayed in the most sophisticated halls worldwide for those who are interested in the visual arts. Furthermore, engraving on parchment and leather developed into letters that are typeset using the two-cover-book form, or communicated through modern technological means via satellites for the benefit of readers searching for knowledge.
The Cairo International Book Fair stands as one of such popular platforms which assumed the responsibility of bringing peoples together and concurrently granting them the opportunity of dialogue and the exchange of viewpoints in all areas.
This huge cultural event (the event organized by the Ministry of Culture and the Egyptian General Book Organization) is the product of a pure good land where everyone feels secure and everyone lives together in harmony and peace. Such an event has gained established and well rooted ground and has become an important landmark comparable to the most prominent Egyptian landmarks. Just as the Nile overflows abundantly blessing the nation, the Fair spreads culture in the form of the diverse content it provides to its visitors.
This event started from Al-Gezira grounds in Cairo in 1969 as a national Arab project bringing together Arab people under the banner of science and knowledge, with Egypt as a pioneer of progress and unity. The event proceeded under the auspices of the guards of culture, and through the memorable efforts exerted by all those who participated in organizing such an important cultural event in Egyptian and Arab life.