Reflections On The fifty fifth Cairo Worldwide E book Honest of 2024, by Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami

Reflections On The fifty fifth Cairo Worldwide E book Honest of 2024, by Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami

As an writer, I used to be invited to the fifty fifth Cairo Worldwide E book Honest, which happened between twenty fifth January 2024 and the sixth of February, 2024. The Honest was carried out on the Egypt Worldwide Exhibition Centre located within the burgeoning New Cairo.

Moreover, inside the 12 days of the exhibition of this 12 months’s occasion, the attendance recorded was unprecedented. Though the pioneer Exhibition happened in 1969, which translated the occasion as far as 55 years previous. The 2024 version has been categorised as distinctive and really profitable in lots of areas.

As well as, in keeping with the Riyadh Overview of Books, the exhibition held the place of the world’s second-largest ebook honest as of 2023. It was eclipsed solely by the Frankfurt E book Honest, which takes place yearly in mid-October in Germany. It was inaugurated in 1949. It will likely be 75 this 12 months. Nevertheless, primarily based on this 12 months’s attendance of the Egypt E book Honest, it arguably eclipsed the Frankfurt E book Honest when it comes to the variety of attendance.

Every year, the authorities in Egypt craft a slogan for the occasion. “We create information, we protect the world”, has been the slogan for the fifty fifth E book Honest. Undoubtedly, the

world is being preserved by information and its purposes – which implies expertise – comprising comfortable, social, and arduous expertise.

This 12 months’s exhibition was attended by practically 5 million guests. The authors and guests who attended had been from over 70 nations, masking all of the world’s continents. Books through the Honest cowl science, social science, faith, civilisation, disruptive applied sciences, and historical past, amongst others. They’re additionally written in varied languages akin to Arabic, English, German, Spanish, and Chinese language.

In line with the United Nations Instructional, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (popularly generally known as UNESCO), round 2.2 million books are being revealed yearly. As well as, Google made an try and rely and estimate the variety of books on this planet, ranging from the official invention of Printing Press in 1440, which is 548 years previous right now. They found that as of 2010, 100 and twenty 9 million, eight hundred and sixty-four thousand, eight hundred and eighty (129,864,880) books had been revealed. Nevertheless, if we reconcile the findings of UNESCO and Google’s rely, then by the tip of 2024, we are able to safely say that we’d have roughly, 100 and sixty-six million, 600 and sixty-four thousand, eight hundred and eighty (160,664,880) books accessible on this planet.

Writing, researching, and studying books play a essential position in direction of the success of people and communities. Divine messages of the Wonderful Qur’an, Injeel (The Holy Bible) and

the Attaurah (The Previous Testomony) are all within the type of books and so they have been enjoying a essential position in making the world a greater place, spiritually, economically, administratively and morally. The primary phrase despatched to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) within the Qur’an was “iqraa,” that means “learn.”

Late Charlie Munger, a profitable enterprise accomplice to Warren Buffett, stated, “I believe a life correctly lived is simply be taught, be taught, and be taught on a regular basis.” Additionally a part of his formulation for fulfillment is “by no means cease studying.”

Warren Buffett, a really profitable investor of contemporary time, dedicates two-thirds of his time to studying, reflection, experimentation, and typically writing. He credited his success to that sample of life.

As well as, Barack Obama, whereas serving because the President of the US of America (USA), used to learn for one hour on daily basis. He nonetheless reads and writes.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has formally adopted the month of March yearly, because the “month of studying. It is a good coverage if adopted by different creating nations. We additionally have to reward and encourage younger authors and researchers by introducing many incentives for them. This may be performed by the federal government, non-public sectors, and people. This can even considerably cut back the unproductive time they spend on social media and channel it in direction of making the world a greater place.

Lastly, whereas dwelling on this planet, you’re additionally inspired to both do one thing superb value writing or as a minimum write one thing value studying. If you are able to do each considerably, you may be celebrated as a legend or a fantastic mentor to be emulated.

Isa Ali Ibrahim, a professor of cybersecurity and Islamic scholar writes whereas airborne.