Oman’s Bait AlGhasham DarArab Prize Reveals 2026 Shortlists
Bait AlGhasham DarArab International Translation Prize announces 2026 shortlists for three categories with £70,000 total fund.
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Category: Oman
Oman – 28th Muscat IBF attracts almost 400,000 visitors amid a “significant shift towards Arabic children’s literature”
Not, of course, that we in the west are in any position to assume the moral high ground, given the recent track record in the United States for banning children’s books.
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Oman’s Muscat International Book Fair pulls a disappointing crowd this year – less than half its peak one million visitors
Disappointing for the organisers, perhaps, but bear in mind that would be a top-level achievement...
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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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Oman’s Muscat International Book Fair clocks over 1 million visitors for second year running
When Oman’s Muscat International Book Fair scraped across the magical one million visitors mark in...
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Can Oman's Muscat International Book Fair this month beat its 2018 record of 1 million visitors?
Now be honest. If we think of the Arab book markets at all, the Gulf state of Oman is probably not...
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Kazakhstan, Colombia, Argentina, Malaysia, Dominican Republic, South Africa, UAE, Guinea Conakry and many more… Millions of book lovers are descending on global book fairs this week. And that’s nothing unusual
In Argentina today the Buenos Aries International Book Fair kicks off. It runs from April 26...
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Middle East publishing snapshot. As millions descend on Arab book fairs, Arab publishing ups its game
Last month the second Saudi Arabia Comic Con took place. Numbers are just in and 25,000 people...
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Cairo International Book Fair – 2.5 million visitors and only half-way through?
Unconfirmed reports suggest the Cairo International Book Fair is set to break world book fair...
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Brazil's comic con may have been bigger than the USA's. 275,000 expected as the Jeddah Book Fair gets under way in Saudi Arabia
With just ten days to go ’til Christmas the western publishing industry is preparing to take...
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