477,000 Attended The 2025 Kuwait Book Fair: A Regional Publishing Powerhouse Emerges
Kuwait International Book Fair 2025: 477,560 visitors, 611 publishers, 7.2% market CAGR. Key insights for publishing professionals on Gulf opportunities.
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Kuwait’s Largest Cultural Event, the Kuwait International Book Fair, Is Underway
Kuwait International Book Fair 2025: 611 publishers from 33 countries, 287,000 titles & record crowds. Key Gulf rights hub & scouting destination until 29 Nov.
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Kuwait’s 47th Islamic Book Fair: Fostering “Civilisational Awareness” in a Global Context
As so often with fairs of this nature, the stress was on books and reading in the pursuit “knowledge” rather than the art of storytelling and literature for entertainment.
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Kuwaiti Publisher Takween Wins Best Arab Publisher at Cairo International Book Fair
Hopefully this is an indication Kuwait has left behind its dark days of censorship. This TNPS...
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45th Kuwait International Book Fair is underway. Finishes December 2
Past editions of the Kuwait International Book Fair have been overshadowed by concerns about...
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Arabs Don’t Read” Redux – International Book Fair “the biggest cultural event in Kuwait”
But what an opportunity for smaller and more nimble publishers to partner with their Arab partners...
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The Kuwait Virtual Book Fair is underway, with its own online bookstore
Kuwait’s International Book Fair was put on hold during the summer as the pandemic wrought...
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Kuwait amends censorship law for books, but many questions remain unanswered
Prior to the new law a 12-member censors committee met twice a month and decided which books would...
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No Kuwait International Book Fair this November, but an online version may replace it
With the Covid-19 pandemic showing no sign of abating, the Kuwaiti Information Minister, Mohammad...
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38th Sharjah International Book Fair announces Arab author guest list
“Open Books Open Minds” is the theme for this year’s Sharjah International Book Fair, an event...
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Despite censorship controversy Kuwait International Book Fair attracted 300,000 visitors. MENA on target for 10-15 million visitors this Arab book fair season
The Kuwait News Agency report extolling the success of the 43rd Kuwait International Book Fair...
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Has the Kuwait book ban been overturned?
The just-ended Kuwait Book Fair attracted a lot of unwelcome international attention this year...
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