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Scenes from the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival

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The recent Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival offered a unique spectacle for readers and a snapshot of children’s book publishing issues in the Middle East.

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Dubai Arabic E-bookseller Rufoof Attracts 100,000 Users

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Dubai’s Rufoof e-bookseller offers 5,000 titles in Arabic and has attracted 100,000 users, 50% from Saudi Arabia, starting with free Islamic titles.

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Going to Abu Dhabi? Got a Great Story? Let Us Know

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If you’ll be attending the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair and have a great story to tell, a big piece of news, or just want to say hello, let us know.

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A True Princess of the Publishing Industry

Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi founded  Kalimat and launched the Emirates Publishers Association, now a full member of the IPA

Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi founded the Emirates Publishers Association and pushed for it to become a full member of the IPA. Here, she explains it was so important.

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Sharjah Celebrates 30 Years of ‘Love of the Written Word’

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A new professional program and $300,000 to support translations marked 30 years of commitment to reading and literacy at the Sharjah International Book Fair.

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Four Key Lessons from the Yale Publishing Course

Bodour Al Qasimi of Kalimat, UAE

The Yale Publishing Course attracted 65 publishers from 18 countries. Bodour Al Qasimi, a children’s book publisher from the UAE, shares four key takeaways.

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Sharjah Sheikh’s Lavish London Bloomsbury Bio Launch

By Roger Tagholm Given that the ruler of Sharjah, His Highness Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, is fond of saying that the book is  … 

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Publishers Training Abu Dhabi, Day 3: All About Digital

By Salwa Shakhshir SalwaShakhshir, a children’s book publisher from Amman, Jordan, is attending the second annual Publishers Training program organized by KITAB and The Center  … 

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Publishers Training Abu Dhabi: Lessons from Ian Ballantine

This week Salwa Shakhshir, a children’s book publisher from Amman, Jordan, is attending the second annual Publishers Training program organized by KITAB in Abu Dhabi,  … 

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Is the Gulf Becoming Too Westernized?

By Ali Alsaloom The United Arab Emirates has moved from the camel to the Cadillac in a very short amount of time. Where our Bedouin  … 

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