| EGYcon | |
|---|---|
 Nerds unite | |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Speculative fiction |
| Venue | El Sawy Culture wheel 2014 The GrEEK Campus 2015 The GrEEK Campus 2016 |
| Location(s) | Cairo |
| Country | Egypt |
| Inaugurated | 2014 |
| Attendance | 1,650 2014 2,300 2015 3,200 2016 |
| Organized by | EGYcon |
| Website | www |
EGYcon is a speculative fiction convention held annually in Cairo, Egypt as a gathering for all Gamers, Mangakas, Otakus, Bookworms, Potterheads, Cosplayers and others. It started in 2013 with a series of mini meet-ups and in 2014 a whole convention was held as a big meet up.[1] EGYcon 2014 was supposed to be an Otaku's gathering, that turned out into a cultural convention of different interests and passion, which was strongly displayed in EGYcon 2015 with more people targeted. EGYcon was featured in multiple news articles throughout its life span of two years, most prestigious one would by either Kenneth James' in the Daily News Egypt[2] or IGN's.[3]
Every year The Japan Foundation participates in the event and they wrote an article on their blog for EGYcon 2015.[4] EGYcon was also featured in ComicsGate, a Middle East comics website.[5]
- ^ EGYcon "Official Page", Facebook, Cairo 2013.
- ^ Daily News Egypt "By Kenneth James", Daily News Egypt, February 11th, 2015.
- ^ IGN Middle East "By Amin Abbas", IGN, February 7th, 2014.
- ^ Japan Foundation "JF participating in EgyCon", Japan Foundation, February 7th, 2015.
- ^ ComicsGate "ComicsGate in EgyCon", ComicsGate, March 5th, 2015.