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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Category: Abu Dhabi
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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Arab book market focus: Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival 2022 (UAE)
The Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival is one of the biggest children’s literary events in the...
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Mapping the New Normal: Sharjah Book Authority launches virtual discussion platform ‘Publishers Club’ in UAE
Sharjah Book Authority uses Zoom to offer a digital platform for Arab publishers as Covid-19...
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Abu Dhabi Media partners with magazine subscription service Magzter to expand digital reach in the Arab markets
Abu Dhabi Media is focussed on innovating traditional formats with digital and video-first content...
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The StreetLib-TNPS global-perspectives newsletter Publish MENA # 10 is hitting in-boxes about now
The free StreetLib-TNPS B2B global-perspectives newsletter for Middle East North Africa authors...
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Sheikh Zayed Book Award hosts seminar exploring digital publishing and the “the never-before-seen emergence of ‘subscription culture’ in the Arab world”
Titled “Building a Digital Ecosystem for Knowledge”, the seminar was moderated by Saeed Hamdan Al...
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Only 30% of Jordan’s publishers took digital seriously before the pandemic ripped up the MENA book fair calendar. Now digital is too little too late to be a safety net
One message constantly driven home here at TNPS is the way in which, in contrast to “western” book...
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