Cairo International Book Fair preview

       Mohammed Saad reports at ahramonline that Political turmoil won't mar Cairo book fair, vows Magahed, as he previews the Cairo International Book Fair, scheduled to run 22 January through 6 February.
       Among the numbers:

Megahed said 24 countries would participate, 17 Arab and seven non-Arab. There would be 755 publishers, 518 from Egypt, 210 Arab and 27 non-Arab.

       Kuwait is to be guest of honor -- not exactly known as a literary heavy-weight, maybe this will serve as a nice wake-up call ... (?)
       And:

The fair has chosen the dean of the Arabic literature, Taha Hussein, who died forty years ago this year, as its Person of the Year. Megahed stated the GEBO would publish 20 of Hussain's rarest books in celebration.

       That sounds good.