Cairo book fair opening tomorrow

The Cairo International Book Fair is starting tomorrow the activities of its 32nd session at the fairsgrounds in Nasr City in Cairo with the participation of 85 Arab and foreign states that are represented by 3,700 publishers.

The fair will last from January 26 - February 6.

Samir Sarhan, head of the general Egyptian organization for the book, said that more than 120 symposiums and meetings will be held on the margin of the fair, in which the ministers of culture and education, the president's advisor for political affairs, the ministers of youth, higher education, scientific research, tourism, health, and housing and a large number of writers, journalists, artists and sportsmen are to participate.