Assiut University witnessed the opening of the first French Book Fair organized by the French Center in collaboration with La Maison and Sphinx Publishing House. Dr Noha Rizq, Director of the French Center stated that this is the first book fair to include more than 1000 French books covering a wide range of specialties such as: legal terminology, economics, engineering, philosophy, novels, plays, literature, French culture, general French courses, and dictionaries.