Change is weird, it is either good or bad, and this year’s book fair had a big change in its location that affected it in lots of ways. Instead of having it in its usual location which is at Nasr city , it got transferred to a new location at the 5th settlement which got many of the Egyptian bookworms in an uproar. But never less, the shows must go on and the book fair did start a few days ago and i come to you with my own.
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This year’s book fair , which is on its 50th run, is held at Egypt International Exhibition Center at the 5th settlement. Its duration is from 23 January till 5 February, which in my opinion is a very short period of time. Upon entering you will find two large buildings, one contains hall 1 and 2 and the other one contains hall 3 and 4. Now before you go on reading you must know this, i have only explored hall 1 and 2 and i didn’t enter hall 3 and 4 due to the presence of many people that day (don’t go on a Saturday). Also note that i am mainly interested in English books and i don’t know a lot about Arabic releases. So this mainly a guide for those who are searching for English books at the fair, but you will find here some photos of Arabic books.
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I go to the AUC book press every year and i do find some good stuff there including new releases and for okay enough prices. This year’s was okay , there was some good classics editions, but those can be found at the store at any time. There is also a chance to win a 500 L.E voucher upon purchasing a book from their so don’t forget to check that out
Dar el shorouk had a wing at each hall, one with all Arabic books and the other one with a slight collection of English books that had a 20% off discount. you can check them out but don’t expect to find new releases.
The Egyptian American Book Center
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The Egyptian American Book Center is always a must go destination for me, as i always found some good editions there so it is definitely worth a check out.
I found them by accident by there were some impressive finds, but watch out for the prices and try to haggle a little bit.
from my experience you can go to Alf Maskan a ride a micro bus that will cost you 10 L.E, it is faster but you will walk a little bit more because it doesn’t drop you off at the fair’s doors. there are also the fair’s buses, which are normal government buses but with a sticker on them. there are 8 lines and the fair is 5 l.e
That warps up my book fair experience, there is a chance i might go there another time to discover hall 3 and 4. If that happened i will give you an update. I do apologizes for not pointing which wing is in which hall, but with the fair’s new location and the absence of a fair map, this was proven to be a tedious task.
The 50th Cairo book fair experience Change is weird, it is either good or bad, and this year's book fair had a big change in its location that affected it in lots of ways.
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