Arab Publishers Association was reestablished in General Conference for Arab Publishers held in Beirut on April 12-13, 1995. Arab Publishers' Association; APA consists of Arab Local Associations, represented by a Member for each one in the Board Members and a number of elected members equal the number of Associations' representatives. APA Board Members are 30 members, fifteen member are representing Arab Publishers Associations, and fifteen were elected at General Assembly meeting, which held in Cairo. APA is an Arabic Entity under the laws and regulation of the Arab league which Head Quarters are located in Cairo, Egypt and General Secretariat in Bruit, Lebanon

Meeting of the Committee of Arab Exhibition Managers in Cairo, 25th of January, 2019

On the sidelines of the celebration of the Golden Jubilee of the 2019 Cairo International Book Fair, the Egyptian General Book Organization has invited the fourth meeting of the Arab Publishers Association and the Committee of Directors of Arab Book Fairs and took place on 25 January 2019 at the Egyptian International Exhibition Center Hall 2 - under the slogan "Hope achieved by joint efforts," and participated in the meeting directors of the following Arab books fairs:
Prof. Haytham Alhaj - President of the General Egyptian Book Organization
Mr. Islam Bayoumi - Cairo International Book Fair Director
Mr. Faisal Abdullah Al Sheikh – Abu Dhabi Int’l Book Fair Director
Mr. Abdullah Kanani - Deputy of the Ministry of Information  and supervisor of the Riyadh Book Fair
Mr. Ibrahim Alsalama - Lead Exhibitions Sales - Exhibitions & Programmes Department
Mr. Sa’ad Alanzi - Kuwait International Book Fair Director
Mr. Yousuf Albulushyi – Muscat International Book Fair Director
Mr. Fadel Hussien Ahmed – Deputy Director of Sharjah Exhibition
Prof.  Abd-El Wahab Al-Radi - Baghdad International Book Fair Director
Mrs. Nawal Hellas - Palestine International Book Fair Director
Mr. Ftahy Elbiss - Amman International Book Fair Director
Mr. Abd-Al Azim Majzoub - Khartoum International Book Fair Director
Prof. Khaled Azab – Project affairs Director - Bibliotheca Alexandrina

The 70th edition of Frankfurt Book fair

The Frankfort International Book Fair of 2018 celebrated the 70th anniversary of its launch, where Frankfurt was a cultural hustle from 10^th to 14^th of October, hosting a cultural event that served as a forum for global cultures and a platform for cultural dialogues.

The exhibition was attended by more than 7,000 exhibitors from 102 countries. The number of visitors to the exhibition was about 286,000. It also witnessed many discussion sessions and dialogues with leading publishing and bookmakers. The exhibition is described as the most prominent cultural event in the international publishing market by the attendance of more than 10000 journalists, bloggers and more than 4000 event.

Georgia was honored as the exhibition’s guest of honor for this year. Among the dignitaries who attended the opening was the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the Commission Federica Mogherini and also the presence of the Nigerian novelist and writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in the press conference of the opening ceremony.