‘We’re in a good position,’ says Storytel’s Yasmina Jraissati, after the audiobook service Storytel’s first five years in the region.
Awards: International Prize for Arabic Fiction, the 2022 Shortlist
The shortlist places a book from the United Arab Emirates into contention, a first at the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
Awards: Sheikh Zayed Shortlists: Literature, Young Author, Children’s Literature
The 2022 Sheikh Zayed Book Awards announce the shortlist of titles in three categories: literature, young author, and children’s literature.
Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre: Activities and Online Presence
Having participated in programming at the Cairo fair, the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre opens a new partnership and site redesign.
Slovenian, Egyptian, Arab Publishers’ Associations Meet with IPA’s Bodour Al Qasimi
Two trips, to Slovenia and Egypt, have opened the IPA president’s publishing-market travels this year.
Awards: International Prize for Arabic Fiction, 2022 Longlist and Jurors
The 16 longlisted novels in the International Prize for Arabic Fiction this year include work from nine nations.
Academic Publishing Edition: Springer Nature Strikes Egyptian Open Access Deal
Said to be the first transformative agreement in Egypt and the Middle East, Springer Nature and the Egyptian Knowledge Bank have a new deal.
Canada’s 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize Goes to Omar El Akkad
The Egyptian-Canadian author of ‘American War’ takes the CA$100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize, as Aspen Words longlists his ‘What Strange Paradise.’
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.
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.