Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak inaugurates International Children Book Fair
Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak inaugurated on Sunday Cairo International Children Book Fair and inspected its pavilions.
Mrs. Mubarak also headed the international forum on children's book and its future.
ÊÊÊ Meanwhile, Mrs. Mubarak asserted that the writers and publishers of children's book shoulder a big responsibility to upgrade publications for children and keep pace with developments.
In her speech, Mrs. Mubarak asserted that her call for "Reading for All" which continued for more than twelve years has contributed in directing the society towards knowledge and to consider the book as one of the basis for the enlightened society.
Mrs. Mubarak identified many right concepts of bringing up the new generation and that included all the educational needs.
In addition, she clarified that this process is a reciprocal responsibility between the family mainly the parents and the school.
In remarks Sunday at the inauguration of a symposium which was held under the title "The Future of Children is Mold by Children's Books," Mrs. Mubarak said that responsibility towards children is not confined to the home and school but is shared by publishers and those specialized in writing for children.
The symposium, the first of its kind, was arranged by the Ministry of Culture in collaboration with the General Book Authority on the sidelines of the 20th Cairo International Children's Book Fair which is held at Exhibitions Grounds, at Nasr City, and will continue up to December 19.
"We do not look at the exhibition as a regional or international fair for books but a gathering of publishers and experts in the domain of children's books which enables them to get acquainted with the latest creative productions in the field and to evaluate our march to upgrade books for children and develop methods of publication," Mrs. Mubarak said.
Referring to the "Reading For All" project which was launched under her auspices more than 12 years ago, Mrs. Mubarak said that the project signaled a big step in the movement of society towards knowledge and interest in reading as one of the pillars of enlightenment.