Tag: UAE publishing
UAE – Dubai Stakes Global Leadership in Publishing Ahead of Sharjah Fair with Three Big Five Execs in Tow
the summit marks a critical moment in the Gulf’s cultural calendar, with a high-profile presence of senior executives from three of the western publishing industry’s top players, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins.
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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.
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Egypt – Dubai International Program for Writing at the Cairo International Book Fair
it would be fascinating to know how the DIWP workshops handle the AI angle, which simultaneously gives lazier writers the chance to coast, and gives serious writers the opportunity to take their art to new levels.
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UAE – Launch of the Fifth Young Voices of Arabia Anthology at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature
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,
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UAE – Winners of the First Chapter, ELF Seddiqi Writers’ Fellowship Announced
This is a wonderful fellowship story that deserves much wider reportage.
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UAE – 1st Sharjah Literature Festival begins January 17
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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UAE – Sharjah TV’s book programme Fikr Wa Qalam (Thought and Pen) starts its 4th season
A 50-minute televised literary platform hosted by Alia Ali Mansouri. Produced in cooperation with...
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“From 1001 Nights to now: Ahlam Bolooki’s quest for Arab literature recognition”
Regular English children’s fiction at the time I was a kid, where it might have a Middle...
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