“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...
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jan 15, 2023 | Global Publishing, Middle East | 0 |
Last year the UAE’s Sharjah International Book Fair saw well over 2 million visitors while...
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jan 1, 2023 | Middle East | 0 |
Digital can democratise and empower Arab publishing across the entire MENA region in a way the...
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Nov 19, 2022 | Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Kuwait, Middle East | 0 |
But what an opportunity for smaller and more nimble publishers to partner with their Arab partners...
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Nov 13, 2022 | Uncategorized | 0 |
The Arab Literary Renaissance is real and palpable…but needs to be inclusive of all the Arab...
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jul 15, 2022 | Abu Dhabi, Sharjah | 1 |
As my travel horizons widened I found my suitcases of English-language books could open doors and...
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Mar 27, 2022 | Africa, Global Publishing, Tunisia | 0 |
The 37th FILT will embrace a “new vision” at a new venue at the heart of the Tunisian capital....
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Sep 26, 2021 | Book Fairs, Jordan, Middle East | 0 |
This year the fair is part of the nation’s centenary celebrations as Jordan marks one hundred...
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jun 30, 2020 | Abu Dhabi, Book Fairs, Coronavirus, Egypt, Global Publishing, Jordan, Middle East | 0 |
One message constantly driven home here at TNPS is the way in which, in contrast to “western” book...
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jun 14, 2020 | Awards, Global Publishing, Middle East, The global book market, Translations | 0 |
When we think MENA literature we often don’t get past a handful of key North African and Middle...
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jun 12, 2020 | Awards, Dubai, Global Publishing, Middle East, The global book market, United Arab Emirates | 0 |
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award, often called the Arab Nobel Prize, is actually nine awards, each...
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 28, 2020 | Africa, Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Middle East, Morocco, The global book market | 0 |
It’s a central part of global publishing’s urban mythology. Arabs don’t read. Or rather, they do,...
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jan 21, 2020 | Book Fairs, Dubai, Global Publishing, Middle East, The global book market, United Arab Emirates | 0 |
Taking place at Al Amwaj, InterContinental, in Dubai Festival City, Event No. 110 on Thursday 6...
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