Category: Arab publishing
Syria’s Publishing Renaissance: A New Chapter for Arab Literary Freedom?
by Mark Williams | Jun 14, 2025 | Arab publishing, MENA publishing, Syria | 0 |
An exciting time for Syrian authors and other publishing industry stakeholders not just to rebuild, but to reframe Syrian publishing for the twenty-first century.
Read MoreArabic Poetry Flourishes Across Africa: A Continent’s Literary Revival
by Mark Williams | Jun 9, 2025 | Africa, Arab publishing, MENA publishing, Sharjah | 0 |
Almost everyone here learns Arabic as a second or third language, and often it’s their first written language, but I struggle to find anyone here who sees Arabic as language of the arts.
Read MoreSaudi Arabia’s Media Revolution: Opportunities for Publishers
by Mark Williams | May 21, 2025 | Arab publishing, MENA publishing, Middle East, Saudi Arabia | 0 |
What 43% of Saudis Under 39 Means for Publishing
Read MorePrint-on-Demand and Unified Platforms: Seeking Solutions to Arab Publishers’ Distribution Challenges
by Mark Williams | May 19, 2025 | Arab publishing, Book Fairs, Qatar | 0 |
Shabaro confirmed that print-on-demand has become a viable solution for Arab publishers struggling to reach dispersed readers across the region.
Read MoreUAE Embraces AI: How the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre is Revolutionising Arabic Content
by Mark Williams | May 10, 2025 | Abu Dhabi, AI, Arab publishing, MENA publishing, United Arab Emirates | 0 |
This growth was supported by the release of over 2,000 digital knowledge resources and – don’t tell the Luddite Fringe – AI-powered audiobooks, reinforcing the Centre’s commitment to digitising Arabic literature.
Read MoreThe International Award for Arabic Children’s Literature: Expanding Horizons in Arabic Publishing
by Mark Williams | May 4, 2025 | Arab publishing, Children's Books, MENA publishing, Middle East | 0 |
A key addition to this year’s award is the “Non-Fiction” category, introduced to promote books that foster critical thinking and real-world exploration in young readers.
Read MoreAt Morocco’s Rabat International Book Fair: A New Vision for Arabic Children’s Literature. Lessons for western children’s authors and publishers
by Mark Williams | Apr 21, 2025 | Arab publishing, Children's Books, Morocco, United Arab Emirates | 0 |
Western audiences: Think here celebrity children’s authors that have no clue about how children read and think, and their publishers who rely on parents to buy into the celebrity brand-name and then wonder why the joy off reading is in freefall.
Read MoreUAE – Kanz Al Jeel Award 2025: Submissions Now Open
by Mark Williams | Feb 28, 2025 | Abu Dhabi, Arab publishing, Awards, MENA publishing, United Arab Emirates | 0 |
The Kanz Al Jeel Award is part of the broader efforts by the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre to promote Arabic literature and culture.
Read MoreCall for Submissions – Ibn Khaldoun-Senghor Translation Prize 2025. Sadly, Self-Publishers Need Not Apply
by Mark Williams | Feb 23, 2025 | Arab publishing, Awards | 0 |
It’s disappointing to see the dismissal of self-published efforts as being unworthy of consideration. If the recent history of the English-language publishing industry is anything to go by, many celebrated bestselling titles and bestselling authors started out on the self-publishing circuit.
Read MoreEgypt’s Cairo International Book Fair Sets New Footfall Record: 5.5 million.
by Mark Williams | Feb 6, 2025 | Africa, Arab publishing, Book Fairs, Egypt | 0 |
But here just a reminder: the biggest book fair in the world is in Africa.
Read MoreEgypt – Dubai International Program for Writing at the Cairo International Book Fair
by Mark Williams | Feb 3, 2025 | Arab publishing, Book Fairs, Dubai, Egypt | 0 |
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.
Read MoreUAE – Launch of the Fifth Young Voices of Arabia Anthology at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature
by 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,
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