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17 - 23 January 2002
Issue No.569
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Book Fair programme

Al-Saraya Al-Ra'isiya (6 October Main Hall)
Daily, 12noon-2.30pm: The Main Symposium on the topics "20 Years of Mubarak's Era" and "50 Years since the July Revolution"
3-5pm: The Main Seminar
5-7pm: Al-Liqa' Al-Fikri, featuring meetings with specialists in a variety of disciplines
7-9pm: Shahadat, testimonies by various public figures

Highlights of the fair: Naguib Mahfouz and the Twin Towers
6 October Main Hall
Friday 18 Jan
3-5pm

Youth and the Future
Speakers: Nabih El-Alqaami, Hossam Awad and Farouk Ismail, chairman of Shura Council's Committee of Education, Scientific Research and Youth
5-7pm
Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni
7-9pm
Writer Anis Mansour

Saturday 19 Jan
12-2pm

Egypt Joins the World of Advanced Technology
Speakers: Minister Ahmed Nazif, Hisham El-Sherif, Ra'fat Radwan, Iglal Bahgat and Tarek Kamel
3-5pm
Cultural Development in Mubarak's Era
Speakers: Head of the Academy of Arts Fawzi Fahmi, director of Dar Al-Kutub Salah Fadl, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Gaballa Ali Gaballa, theatre critic Sami Khashaba and GEBO Chairman Samir Sarhan (chair)
5-7pm
President's advisor Osama El-Baz
7-9
Journalist Samir Ragab, chairman of Dar Al-Tahrir and editor-in-chief of Al-Gomhouriya

Sun 20 Jan
12-2pm

Women's Libraries
Speakers: Amal Osman, Mona Ragab, Furkhanda Hassan, Mona Zulfiqar, Hania El-Etribi and Ahmed Kamal Aboul-Magd
3-5pm
New-Age Media
Speakers: Farouk Abou Zeid, Laila Abdel-Meguid, Hussein Amin, Hassan Rateb and Mustafa Bakri
5-7pm
Minister of Health Ismail Sallam
7-9pm
Palestinian Minister of Culture and Media Yasser Abed Rabou

Monday 21
12-2pm

Egypt and the World in Mubarak's Era
Speakers: State Minister of Foreign Affairs Fayza Aboul-Naga, Ambassador Abdel-Ra'ouf El-Reidi, Ambassador Mohamed Shaker and Wafd Party Chairman No'maan Gomaa (chair)
3-5pm
Egypt's Perspective on the Arab World under Mubarak
Speakers: Editor-in-Chief of Al-Arabi Soliman El-Askari, journalist Abdel-Wahab Badrakhan, Abdel-Rahman El-Rashid and Hussein Ahmed Amin
5-7pm
Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher
7-9pm
Journalist Said Sonbol

Tuesday 22
12-2pm

Democracy and Party Construction,
Speakers: Minister of Youth Alieddin Helal, Osama El-Ghazali Harb, Mohamed Abdella, Rif'at El-Said, Ibrahim El-Dousoqi Abaza, Gamil Matar, Salama Ahmed Salama & Hala Mustafa
3-5pm
The Egyptian Economy facing Challenges
Speakers: Osman Mohamed Osman, Mahmoud Mohieddin, Abdalla Tael, Hazem El-Biblawi, Abdel-Aziz Hegazi and Mahmoud El-Maraghi
5-7pm
Secretary-General of Arab League Amr Mousa
7-9pm
Pope Shenouda III

Wed 23 Jan
12-2pm
Discussion of Mohsen Abou El-Nour's Kitab Al-Haqiqa (The Book of the Truth)
Speakers: Kamel El-Zoheiri, Gamal Hammad, Mohamed Ouda and Salaheddin Hafez
3-5pm
The July Revolution: Social and Economic Transformations
Speakers: Economist Mahmoud Abdel-Fadil, Mohamed Mohamed El-Imam, Mahmoud El-Maraghi, Ibrahim El-Dusouqi Abaza and Hamdein Sabbahi
5-7pm
Minister of Youth Alieddin Hilal
7-9pm
Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt Mahmoud Aboul-Oyoun

Thur 24 Jan
12-2pm

Discussion of Ahmed Hamroush's monumental Muzakirat Thawrat Yolyo (The July Revolution Journals)
Speakers: Historians Gamal Hammad, Raouf Abbas and Yunan Labib Rizq
3-5pm
The July Revolution and World Liberation Movements
Speakers: Hoda Abdel-Nasser, Ahmed Youssef El-Qoraai, Magdi Hammad and Mustafa El-Fiqi
5-7pm
Minister of Higher Education, Moufid Shehab
7-9pm
Cairo Governor Abdel-Rehim Shehata

Specialized Seminars at the Lotus Halls
Sat 19 Jan
1-3pm
Diabetes: Facts and Prospects
Speakers: Zakaria El-Baz, Ali Elian, Mohamed Fahmi, Mahmoud Ashraf, Hassan Shaker and Ayman Aboul-Magd.
3-5pm
Library of Alexandria director Ismail Serageddin
5-7pm
The Dialogue of Civilisations
Speakers: Ismail Serageddin, Sayed Yasin, Volkhard Vindwar and George Khori

Sun 20 Jan
1-3pm
The Medical Encyclopedia
Speakers: Medhat Farid, Wassim El-Sesi & Adel Iskander
3-5pm
The Credibility of Journalism and its Public Impact
Speakers: Mohamed Fouda, Kamil El-Zoheiri, El-Sayed Abdel-Ra'ouf, Nagui Qamha and Fathi Abdel-Fattah
5-7pm
Weopons of Mass Destruction
Speakers: Sa'd El-Sayed, Mohamed Shukri El-Fayed, Abdalla Helal, Abdel-Rahman Moussa and Mokhtar Ammar.

Mon 12 Jan
1-3pm
Celebrating Arabic
Speakers: Kamal Bishr, Salah Fadl and Taher Abou Zeid
3-5pm
Cancer: Prevention and Early Diagnosis
Speakers: Osama Soliman, Laila Moussa, Sami El-Badrawi and Kamal El-Ghamri
5-7pm
The Egyptian Environment: the Government's Role
Speakers: Magdi Allam, Wagdi Riyad, Rashad Abdel-Latif and Ibrahim Abdel-Fattah

Tue 22 Jan
1-3pm
Discussion of Will Durant's The Story of Civilization
Speakers: Yunan Labib Rizq, Abdel-Mon'em El-Gomie, Ahmed Etman and Abdel-Azeem Ramadan
3-5pm
The Pharmaceutical Industry: Prices and Shortages
Speakers: Galal Ghorab, Rif'at Kamal, Reda El-Adl and Tharwat Basseli
5-7pm
Arab-African Relations: Facts and Prospects
Speakers: Amr El-Liethi, Roula Kharsa and Tarek Habib

Wed 23 Jan
1-3pm
Discussion of Selim Hassan's Encylopedia of Ancient Egypt
Speakers: Gaballa Ali Gaballa, Abdel-Halim Nur Eddin, Ibrahiom Bakr & Hamdi Ibrahim
3-5pm
Versions of the Arab identity
Speaker: Youssef El-Qa'id
5-7pm
Discussion of Mufid Ali El-Garhi's The Role of Islamic Banks in Development

Thur 24 Jan

1-3pm
Discussion of The Encyclopedia of Islam in Al-Andalus
Speakers: Ahmed Heikal, Salah Fadl, Abdel-Latif Abdel-Halim and Ahmed Moussa
3-5pm
Narcotics and the Law
Speakers: Maher Abdel-Wahed, Prosecutor General Serri Siyam, Assistant Minister of Justice Hussein Badrawi and Khaled El-Qadi
5-7pm
The scientific truth of the Holy Qur'an
Speakers: Hassan Yehfazalla, Mohamed Ali, Abdel-Rahman El-Adawi and director of the Mecca Library Abdel-Jawwad El-Sawi

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