Cairo International Book Fair

Cairo International Book Fair
Crowds walk among the thousands of titles available at the 50th Cairo International Book Fair, 26 January 2019.
StatusActive
VenueEgypt International Exhibitions Center
LocationNew Cairo in Cairo
CountryEgypt
Inaugurated1969
Attendance1,000,000–2,000,000 (estimated)
Organized byGeneral Egyptian Book Organisation
Websitecairobookfair.gebo.gov.eg

The Cairo International Book Fair is the largest and oldest book fair in the Arab world, held every year in the last week of January in Cairo, Egypt, at Egypt International Exhibitions Center in New Cairo, it is organised by the General Egyptian Book Organisation. The Fair is considered the most important event in the Arabic publishing world.