Sharjah’s Onshur Scale Track: A Blueprint for Sustainable Publishing Growth in the UAE
While other countries may not have the UAE’s resources or govt. commitment to publishing to match the model in full, there’s much to be learned here.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jun 9, 2025 | MENA publishing, Middle East, United Arab Emirates | 0 |
While other countries may not have the UAE’s resources or govt. commitment to publishing to match the model in full, there’s much to be learned here.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | May 21, 2025 | Arab publishing, MENA publishing, Middle East, Saudi Arabia | 0 |
What 43% of Saudis Under 39 Means for Publishing
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Apr 25, 2025 | Book Fairs, Kuwait, MENA publishing | 0 |
As so often with fairs of this nature, the stress was on books and reading in the pursuit “knowledge” rather than the art of storytelling and literature for entertainment.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Apr 14, 2025 | Book Fairs, Jordan, MENA publishing, Middle East | 0 |
This annual event has grown into a cornerstone of Jordan’s literary landscape, attracting visitors and participants from across the globe.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 12, 2025 | Book Fairs, MENA publishing, Middle East, Saudi Arabia | 0 |
The event is part of a broader initiative to expand book fairs across the Kingdom.
Read Moreby 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,
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 2, 2025 | Abu Dhabi, Africa, Arab publishing, Egypt, MENA publishing, United Arab Emirates | 0 |
Increasingly at these book fairs, the line is being blurred between “public facing” and “professional”, and in increasing numbers the industry names and faces we are all used to seeing at the big western publishing events are lining up to be at these emerging market events, at the same time as regional players are upping their game.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jan 30, 2025 | MENA publishing, United Arab Emirates | 0 |
This is a wonderful fellowship story that deserves much wider reportage.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jan 29, 2025 | Book Fairs, Egypt, MENA publishing | 0 |
While Sharjah has a head-start, I fully expect Egypt to become a major player on the international publishing circuit as this decade unfolds.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jan 27, 2025 | Africa, Book Fairs, Egypt | 0 |
At one time seen as a publishing backwater and mere “public-facing” book fair by most western publishing industry players, Cairo is fast becoming a key arena for global participation.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jan 27, 2025 | Egypt, MENA publishing, Middle East, Saudi Arabia | 0 |
Whatever the future holds for the fossil fuel economies, Saudi Arabia and other oil-rich nations all understand they need to diversify, that cultural sectors like publishing can be both lucrative and rewarding
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jan 12, 2025 | Arab publishing, Book Fairs, Middle East, Sharjah | 0 |
The festival programme features a diverse array of events themed around literature, children’s literature, history and heritage, essay literature, the Arabic language, science fiction and fantasy, autobiography, thought, and miscellaneous events.
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