Morocco’s Casablanca International Book Fair saw a half million visitors for third year in succession, yet still we’re told Arabs don’t read

It’s a central part of global publishing’s urban mythology. Arabs don’t read. Or rather, they do, but only for six minutes a day. Not here to give further oxygen to that depressing and all-too-obviously flawed argument other than this referral to a TNPS post in late 2019. Rather to note that the ten-day Casablanca International … Continue reading Morocco’s Casablanca International Book Fair saw a half million visitors for third year in succession, yet still we’re told Arabs don’t read