The Dandara Festival for Music and Singing in Qena, which will run from 27 February to 3 March at the Qena Girls Club, will host a book fair to go along its own activities.

The fair will honour the late iconic Egyptian poet Abdel-Rahman El-Abnoudi.

Minister of Culture Ines Abdel-Dayem said that that in picking El-Abnoudi, the ministry aims to shed light on the symbols and pioneers of creativity for the younger generations.

The book fair accompanying the Dandara Festival for Music and Singing is organised by the Egyptian General Book Organisation in cooperation with the General Organisation of Culture Palaces, and it will include hundreds of titles and masterpiece of Arab culture at affordable prices.