The importance of Arabic in the scholarly world, our experts agreed, needs to be recognized by bringing more of it to the wider conversation.
Image: Publishing Perspectives
‘So Many Discussions Going On’
In a program presented Tuesday (March 9) by the Sheikh Zayed Book Award and
Publishing Perspectives, there was agreement among our expert panelists that the perception of there being too little representation of Arabic topics and Arabic writers’ work and research in world scholarship is accurate.
The factors that frame the situation, however, are complex. Certainly, there was agreement all around that the kind of value the Zayed Book Award and other such programs create particularly with translation of the highest quality work is essential. And what came out of the exchange was a clearer understanding of the need for earnest analysis and sustained effort to widen the presence and impact of Arabic on the international stage.
Coming Tuesday: Arabic Voices, Topics in Academic Publishing
At issue in Tuesday’s discussion from the Sheikh Zayed Book Award and Publishing Perspectives: The place, presence and visibility of Arabic scholarly work in world academic circles and conversations.
In Abu Dhabi, late afternoon. Image – iStockphoto: Mohamad Kaddoura
‘A Lot More Can Be Done’
In an increasingly globalized world–a fact sharply enhanced by the dire presence of a coronavirus that has affected almost everyone–academic literature finds its conversations under the same pressure that many disciplines recognize. The need for inclusion in the debates of the day rises right along with the critical demand that we hear all voices, particularly in so politicized an era as this.