Qatar – 32nd Doha International Book Fair set for June 12-21. But will it be fun?
As I write this, we don’t know the detail of the #DIBF23 programme, and I’d...
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Category: Middle East
UAE – The first-ever Sharjah Animation Conference attracted more than 5,000 attendees
The UAE continues to expand its mission as a global hub for the creative industries. “The...
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UAE’s Month of Reading: Three expats launch online library renting physical books
The initiative is designed to “keep people, especially children, away from unwanted screen...
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TNPS on LinkedIn – Round-Up #2
With so much publishing industry news and debate, there’s never time for TNPS to cover it...
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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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Oman’s Muscat International Book Fair pulls a disappointing crowd this year – less than half its peak one million visitors
Disappointing for the organisers, perhaps, but bear in mind that would be a top-level achievement...
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Saudi Arabia clocks 442 million #Booktok views in six months. Saudi book fairs embrace the phenomenon
“a dedicated landing page with content by #BookTok creators from Al-Sharqiya Book...
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Saudi Arabia is developing a regional blockchain-based game publishing platform for MENA
Think back ten years ago to the western industry’s dismissive laughter at the far-eastern...
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“Arabs only read for a few minutes a year” (Not my words!)
Last year the UAE’s Sharjah International Book Fair saw well over 2 million visitors while...
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Arab Publishing 2022 – An overview
Digital can democratise and empower Arab publishing across the entire MENA region in a way the...
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Egypt – the Egyptian General Book Authority has released its 2022 summary
Hopefully we’ll see the EGBA – the most active Arab publishing organisation after the...
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Arabs Don’t Read” Redux – International Book Fair “the biggest cultural event in Kuwait”
But what an opportunity for smaller and more nimble publishers to partner with their Arab partners...
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