“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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Tag: Arab publishing
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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UAE – Arabs don’t read? Sharjah International Book Fair clocks 2.17 million visitors as western book fairs struggle to attract pre-Covid footfall
Sharjah wasn’t the biggest book fair by visitors this year – that honour went to Madrid – but it...
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Tunisia – 37th Tunis International Book Fair cancelled for 2022, but no, not because of Covid
The 37th FILT will embrace a “new vision” at a new venue at the heart of the Tunisian capital....
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Confusion at Bologna over Arabic language and digital books compatibility amid a wider piracy problem
It was one year ago this month that Amazon launched in Poland, amusingly selling Kindle devices...
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Middle East publishing snapshot. As millions descend on Arab book fairs, Arab publishing ups its game
Last month the second Saudi Arabia Comic Con took place. Numbers are just in and 25,000 people...
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