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Proceeds from the new children’s book, ‘World Book Capital,’ will go to damaged bookshops and libraries in Gaza. Bodour Al Qasimi signs a copy of her release ‘World Book Capital’ at the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival. Image: Nabs Ahmedi ‘Does Such a Magical Place Exist?’ International Publishers Association president Bodour Al Qasimi has launched her new book for children at the Sharjah Book Authority’s 12th annual Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival, and is donating all proceeds to Palestinian bookshops and libraries damaged in the conflict in Gaza. As Publishing Perspectives readers know, the Sheikha Bodour Bint Al Qasimi founded her Kalimat Group publishing house 14 years ago in 2007, creating what was then the first house fully dedicated to young readers’ literature in the Gulf. Her associated nonprofit Kalimat Foundation for Children’s Empowerment has become an international leader in the provision of Arabic-language books for children in ref

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