Most of history’s civilisations rose, flourished and fell without a book in sight, and when books finally became a thing, many books were a means to oppress and deliver destruction, not to build. “Mein Kampf”, anyone?
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Kudos to Dr Mohammed Alwan for not only embracing and promoting reading for pleasure, but also embracing and promoting technology and digital solutions.
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The 170,000 visitor turnout, while impressive for a regional fair, is dwarfed by the Jeddah book fair’s typical 500,000 visitor count, while the main event of the year, the Riyadh International Book Fair, routinely attracts more than one million visitors each year.
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“Fourteen books by Arab women — written by women from across the Maghreb and Mashreq,...
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Anghami, with a catalogue of 57 million songs and 200,000 podcasts, is the first to sign up.
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Not, of course, that we in the west are in any position to assume the moral high ground, given the recent track record in the United States for banning children’s books.
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The 4th Iraq International Book Fair runs February 14 through 24 this year. Details are sparse at...
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A 50-minute televised literary platform hosted by Alia Ali Mansouri. Produced in cooperation with...
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The 16th Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature is fast approaching, in 2024 running from 31...
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World Today News has a must-read account of the Jeddah Book Fair, that recently finished in Saudi...
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“The Western reader devotes 200 hours of his time each year to reading, while the Arab...
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The Jeddah Book Fair concludes the triple-whammy book fair line-up for 2023 that included the...
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