In Qatar, Moroccan literature stands out at the 10th Katara Prize for Arabic Fiction
A total prize pool of $650,000 is on offer, with main prize standing at $200,000.
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Category: Morocco
Morocco confirmed as Sharjah International Book Fair Guest of Honour
The Sharjah International Book Fair can attract over 2 million visitors in a good year, and is one of the few Arabic book fairs that gets wide international coverage, so being a SIBF Guest of Honour is a coveted prize.
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Morocco – In Casablanca a bulldozer dumps tons of used books into the back of a truck
It’s not at all clear from the report why a huge pile of books was strewn on the roadside or...
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ISBN AGM goes ahead in Morocco as death toll rises
As of writing this post, the death toll stands anywhere from 2,000-3,000 depending on the news...
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Newsy-Today’s Interview with the Moroccan Publishers Association’s Camille Hoballah
Head over to Newsy-Today for an insightful look at the Moroccan education publishing scene as...
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On March 13 Morocco opens for online applications for publisher support
If the Moroccan government is serious about developing the publishing industry then it needs to...
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The Casablanca Int. Book Fair will again be in Rabat. This time in June
The first and so far only Rabat incarnation in 2022, it transpires, was heavily financed by the...
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Morocco chips in $10 million subsidy to avoid school text book prices rising 30%
As a global recession looms Morocco’s $10 million subsidy to textbook publishers seeks to keep...
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Morocco’s Casablanca Int. Book Fair postponed as Covid-19 tears up the 2021 publishing calendar
Last year the Casablanca International Book Fair attracted over a half million visitors. This year...
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Morocco’s National Library goes digital as country locked down
Morocco is among the many countries closing libraries to help contain the Coronavirus threat, and...
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Morocco’s Casablanca International Book Fair saw a half million visitors for third year in succession, yet still we’re told Arabs don’t read
It’s a central part of global publishing’s urban mythology. Arabs don’t read. Or rather, they do,...
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The biggest book fair in the world is an Arab event in Africa. 3.5 million visitors at Egypt’s Cairo International Book Fair. Publishers look the other way
Not that you’d know it reading the western publishing industry trade journals, but the Cairo...
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