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Sixth Iraq International Book Fair opens 3 Dec in Baghdad. Key insights for publishers on market opportunities and cultural sector rebuilding.

Women Dominate the 20th Anniversary Banipal Prize Shortlist

by Mark Williams | Dec 2, 2025 | Arab Literature (in English), Arab publishing, Awards, MENA publishing | 0 |

Discover the 2025 Banipal Prize shortlist marking 20 years of Arabic literary translation and key industry trends for publishers.

Egypt’s Bibliotheca Alexandrina Launches Second Grand Reading Prize

by Mark Williams | Nov 29, 2025 | Africa, Arab publishing, Book Fairs, Egypt | 0 |

Egyptian library launches major reading prize with EGP 1m+ fund targeting youth readers. Winners announced at July 2026 Alexandria Book Fair.

UAE -Al Ain Book Festival Returns for 16th Incarnation Amid Publisher Growth

by Mark Williams | Nov 26, 2025 | Abu Dhabi, Arab publishing, Book Fairs, Middle East, United Arab Emirates | 0 |

Al Ain Book Festival’s 16th edition brings 220+ publishers to Abu Dhabi, focusing on digital transformation and Arabic content global expansion.

Emirates Publishers Association Gains Observer Status at WIPO

by Mark Williams | Jul 29, 2025 | Arab publishing, IP Rights, MENA publishing, Middle East | 0 |

The Emirates Publishers Association secures observer status at WIPO, advancing the UAE’s role in shaping global intellectual property and publishing policies.

Print-on-Demand and Unified Platforms: Seeking Solutions to Arab Publishers’ Distribution Challenges

by Mark Williams | May 19, 2025 | Arab publishing, Book Fairs, Qatar | 0 |

Shabaro confirmed that print-on-demand has become a viable solution for Arab publishers struggling to reach dispersed readers across the region.

At Morocco’s Rabat International Book Fair: A New Vision for Arabic Children’s Literature. Lessons for western children’s authors and publishers

by Mark Williams | Apr 21, 2025 | Arab publishing, Children's Books, Morocco, United Arab Emirates | 0 |

Western audiences: Think here celebrity children’s authors that have no clue about how children read and think, and their publishers who rely on parents to buy into the celebrity brand-name and then wonder why the joy off reading is in freefall.

India – Sharjah at the New Delhi World Book Fair

by Mark Williams | Feb 17, 2025 | Book Fairs, India, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates | 0 |

For those that suffered the west-centric history of the world at school – Arab and Indian cultural relations long predate the arrival of the Europeans on the subcontinent.

Morocco – Sharjah confirmed as Guest of Honour at the 2025 Rabat International Book Fair

by Mark Williams | Feb 10, 2025 | Africa, Book Fairs, MENA publishing, Morocco, Sharjah | 0 |

The Rabat International Book Fair was traditionally held in Casablanca, Morocco’s largest city and cultural hub.

Egypt’s Cairo International Book Fair Sets New Footfall Record: 5.5 million.

by Mark Williams | Feb 6, 2025 | Africa, Arab publishing, Book Fairs, Egypt | 0 |

But here just a reminder: the biggest book fair in the world is in Africa.

UAE – Launch of the Fifth Young Voices of Arabia Anthology at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature

by Mark Williams | Feb 3, 2025 | Arab publishing, Book Fairs, MENA publishing, United Arab Emirates | 0 |

The anthology features stories from 22 award-winning young authors from the 2024 Voices of Future Generations for the Middle East competition, which I’m dismayed to admit I’ve not previously covered here on TNPS,

Al Dhafra Book Festival 2024: Footfall up 15%, Publisher Participation Doubles, and Fun is the Name of the Game

by Mark Williams | Dec 28, 2024 | Abu Dhabi, Arab publishing, Book Fairs, Middle East | 0 |

The festival included a comprehensive programme for children, reinforcing a read for pleasure mindset that we in the west, and especially in the UK and US, seem to have lost sight of, as witness the disturbing fall in the number of kids that read for pleasure both sides of the Atlantic.