Meetings

Meetings

Press Statement Issued by the Board of Directors of the Arab Publishers Association
Eleventh Term (2026-2028)  

On the sidelines of the 57th Cairo International Book Fair, the Arab Publishers ِAssociation held its Ordinary General Assembly meeting on January 26, 2026, at the InterContinental City Stars Hotel in Nasr City, Arab Republic of Egypt, at 12:00 noon.  
During the meeting, the Board of Directors of the Arab Publishers Association presented its report on the activities of the tenth term (2022–2025), which was approved by the members of the General Assembly. The financial budget was also approved, and the Board of Directors of the Arab Publishers Association was discharged from its responsibilities for the tenth term (2022–2025). A new Board of Directors for the Arab Publishers Union for the eleventh term (2026–2028) was then elected.  
After counting the voting papers for the elections of the Board of Directors of the Arab Publishers Association for the eleventh term, the results were as follows:

- Total number of candidates for the new Board of Directors: 26 candidates
- Number of seats contested: 16 seats
- Total number of members present at the General Assembly: 337 members
- Total number of voters: 337 members
- Number of valid ballots: 335 ballots
- Number of invalid ballots: 2 ballots

The counting process resulted in the following individuals being elected as members of the Board of Directors of the Arab Publishers Association for the eleventh term: 

 Based on the General Assembly meeting, the first session of the Board of Directors of the Arab Publishers Association for its eleventh term (2026–2028) was held on 27/01/2026 at the Egypt International Exhibitions and Conference Center in Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt. The session was dedicated to the distribution of tasks and resulted in the following:

Dr. Mohammed Saleh Al-Maalej
Chairman of the Media and Public Relations Committee