Paris, After seven years monitoring hate at the Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) for the Wiesenthal Centre, Dr. Shimon Samuels noted that, “this year has seen a tsunami of Arabic editions of Adolf Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’, the Tsarist secret police forgery ‘The Protocols of the Elders of Zion’, Henry Ford’s 'The International Jew’ and Guy Carr’s ‘Pawns in the Game’ (the 'implementation of the Protocols'), spread out along a dozen of stands.”

What is particularly worrying in this CIBF is that, among the listed publishers, figure not only the usual purveyors of hate, conspiracy theories and antisemitism - such as Dar Al-Kitab Al-Araby - but also apparent newcomers in the business, who consider that these books meet the local market’s demand.   

Since the inception of Arab nationalism, Mein Kampf has been peddled as a classic staple for Egyptian families. How could academics, journalists or diplomats really find justification in Arab anti-Zionism - and claim it is not antisemitism - if the non-religious political bestseller in the Arab world is a book that calls for the extermination of the Jews?

Dar Al Kitab Al Araby (Egypt) - stand B46  

Mein Kampf

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

Pawns in the Game 

The International Jew

Pharaoh Owner of Stakes... Judaization of History, by Ahmed Saadeddin

First Book Publishing (Egypt) - stand A15

Mein Kampf

Dar Al Hayat for Publishing (Egypt) - stand A7

Mein Kampf

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

Pawns in the Game

Dar Al Nadaa for Cultural Investments (Egypt) - stand C12

Mein Kampf

Dar Al Kholoud for Publishing (Egypt) - stand A12

Mein Kampf

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

Pawns in the Game

Dar Al Waleed Publishing (Syria) - stand A26

Mein Kampf

Pawns in the Game

Two publishers that we discovered this year:

U M Publishing (Egypt) - stand C54

Pawns in the Game 

Dar Pharos for Publishing (Egypt) - stand B28

Mein Kampf

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

Pawns in the Game

And additional publishers with new-entry books that appear antisemitic:

Zein Publishing (Egypt) - stand A7

The Jews and the Holocaust, by Nesreen Saad El-Din

The description online mentions that this book tells "the history of Nazism and its relationship to the Jews".

Hala Publishing (Egypt) - stand B12
The Role of American Jewry in Supporting the Zionist Movement, by Adbelwahab Sa'ed Shaker

Last year, Samuels urged the US, French, British and German Ambassadors to Egypt to withdraw their support for the CIBF. Reportedly, the only diplomat to attend was the representative of UNESCO. 

“The list of Jew-hating publishers will now be sent to the Frankfurt Book Fair, to be blacklisted for its next edition, as they are breaking the Fair’s regulations and commitment - specified in the contract with publishers worldwide - to fight all forms of antisemitism, discrimination and hate,” concluded Samuels.

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