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Thursday, January 22, 2009

CAIRO INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR 2009

From today, Thursday January 22 to Thursday February 5, 2009 the Cairo Fair Grounds in Salah Salem Street in Heliopolis will host the 41st Cairo International Book Fair.
Guest of Honour this year is the United Kingdom who will bring to Cairo as speakers writers Ahdaf Soueif, Ben Okri, Meg Rosoff, Anthony Horowitz and David Almond among others.

For the complete list of speakers, biographies, links and programs, follow this link to the British Council website page dedicated to the Fair. If you read Arabic click here for the website of the CIBF.
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