But all the talk of the Arab Literary Renaissance becomes a bit one-sided in the western publishing arena when it’s the usual suspects – Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia and Egypt – grabbing all the attention while the grassroots events like Iraq’s Erbil fair, Morocco’s Rabat fair, et al, are relegated to footnotes, if they are noticed at all.
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No, no stone tablets and cuneiform. This is modern day Mesopotamia. Running December 16-24, the...
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We Start The Day Global today in Romania, where BooksExpress.Ro, a Romania book store specialising...
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With one million titles on offer it was always going to be a big attraction, but even so the...
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Iraq is probably on few authors or publishers lists as a place to sell books, and no question the...
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In what is believed to be a first, a Kurdish woman will be publishing a novel written in English....
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38 books have been prevented from sale at the 13th Erbil International Book Fair in Iraq’s...
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