UAE -Al Ain Book Festival Returns for 16th Incarnation Amid Publisher Growth
Al Ain Book Festival’s 16th edition brings 220+ publishers to Abu Dhabi, focusing on digital transformation and Arabic content global expansion.
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Category: Abu Dhabi
UAE Embraces AI: How the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre is Revolutionising Arabic Content
This growth was supported by the release of over 2,000 digital knowledge resources and – don’t tell the Luddite Fringe – AI-powered audiobooks, reinforcing the Centre’s commitment to digitising Arabic literature.
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Caribbean Nations Have Been Centre Stage at Abu Dhabi Book Fair
A lively and engaging programme of activities was curated to showcase the Caribbean region’s culture, knowledge, and civilisation, emphasising its close and developing ties with the UAE.
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UAE – Kanz Al Jeel Award 2025: Submissions Now Open
The Kanz Al Jeel Award is part of the broader efforts by the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre to promote Arabic literature and culture.
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Egypt – Abu Dhabi at the Cairo International Book Fair
Increasingly at these book fairs, the line is being blurred between “public facing” and “professional”, and in increasing numbers the industry names and faces we are all used to seeing at the big western publishing events are lining up to be at these emerging market events, at the same time as regional players are upping their game.
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Al Dhafra Book Festival 2024: Footfall up 15%, Publisher Participation Doubles, and Fun is the Name of the Game
The festival included a comprehensive programme for children, reinforcing a read for pleasure mindset that we in the west, and especially in the UK and US, seem to have lost sight of, as witness the disturbing fall in the number of kids that read for pleasure both sides of the Atlantic.
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UAE – Al Dhafra Book Festival: A Hub for Cultural Exchange and Publishing Innovation
The Al Dhafra Book Festival has a history of success, with each edition building on the achievements of the previous ones.
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Arabookverse-Beat partnership takes the globalisation of Arab literature to a new level
The partnership creates “a pairing uniquely positioned to deliver the optimum experience for...
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UAE – Children’s books were the most sought after at the 14th Al Ain Book Festival this year
More than 150 exhibitors showcased 60,000 titles, and it seems children’s book were by far...
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Arab Renaissance: Millions descend on MENA book fairs as the 2023-24 season kicks off, starting with Riyadh
Never underestimate the publishing opportunity in the Arab markets. Some of the largest book fairs...
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UAE – The Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre has launched the complete “Oyoon Al She’er Al Arabi” Arabic poetry series for World Poetry Day on March 21
The series includes anthologies of Arabic poetry from the pre-Islamic era to the 18th century,...
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Meet the Lebanese expat who sold books to young UAE royals. And a personal memoir involving suitcases of books
As my travel horizons widened I found my suitcases of English-language books could open doors and...
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