The Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre has released its new Arabic translation of Yuval Noah Harari’s ‘Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow’ as part of its Kalima project.
Sheikh Zayed Book Award: 3,000+ Submissions, a New Record
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award reports a 76-percent rise in submissions of work by women, and a 47-percent jump in entries of men’s work.
Sheikh Zayed Book Award Today: Arabic and Children’s Books
On the final trade-visitor day of Frankfurter Buchmesse, the UAE’s Sheikh Zayed Book Award has several programming points to consider.
Sheikh Zayed Book Award: A Call for 2022 Submissions
The program opens its 16th prize cycle with a call for submissions in all nine of its categories, with translation funding expanded.
In Egypt, Publishers Are Moving to E-Commerce
Cairo publisher and bookseller Ahmed Rashad on how the pandemic makes the digital transformation more urgent than ever.
Afshin Molavi at Abu Dhabi International Book Fair: ‘West to East’
The Johns Hopkins Foreign Policy Institute fellow speaks with Mina Al-Oraibi about pandemic-era dynamics in the Arab region.
At Abu Dhabi International Book Fair: Salha Obaid on Fact and Fiction
The Emirati writer’s fiction explores the rapid changes in her home country in recent decades, with factual research as a foundation.
Author Tayari Jones on Timing at Abu Dhabi International Book Fair
The author speaks with Emirates Airline Festival of Literature director Ahlam Bolooki, asserting ‘You don’t have to write every day.’
Sheikh Zayed Book Award Winner Iman Mersal: ‘Reading the Past’
A lost novelist, ‘her whispering voice, fleeing depression,’ led this Egyptian poet to one of the biggest literary prizes in the world.
Jordan’s Jalal Barjas Wins the 2021 International Prize for Arabic Fiction
The author, an aeronautical engineer, was longlisted in 2019 for ‘Women of the Five Senses.’ He wins for ‘Notebooks of the Bookseller.’