Ahmed Fouad Henna, Minister of Culture, and Amr Talaat, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, launched the free Kitab (Book) application as a tool to promote digital culture, under the slogan: ‘Your book, wherever you want, whenever you want’, during the opening of the 56th Cairo International Book Fair at the Egypt International Exhibition Center in New Cairo.
During a press conference Friday evening, the Minister of Communications said that the ministry will team up with the Ministry of Culture to provide electronic documentation with electronic applications for visual, audio, and music libraries.
He explained that the second phase of the application aims to integrate the culture and knowledge that the Egyptian library is rich in with technology by making this knowledge available for free to various groups and readers through applications.
He added that the Kitab application is a digital library available to everyone, containing more than 2000 books provided by the Ministry of Culture. It is a user-friendly application with all the modern features of reading programs.
The Minister of Culture explained that this application comes at a crucial time when the world is witnessing rapid digital transformation, noting that the application facilitates access to books and cultural content through the latest technological means, and includes a vast digital library containing a diverse collection of books in various fields of knowledge.
