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
At Abu Dhabi International Book Fair: Salha Obaid on Fact and Fiction
The Emirati writer explores the rapid changes in her country in recent decades, with factual research as a foundation for her fiction.
Salha Obaid
By Chip Rossetti
‘People Inspire Me’
The Emirati novelist Salha Obaid says that she has given some thought to how fiction including her own work treats the past.
Obaid is a speaker on Thursday (May 27) at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, and will be talking about the relationship between historical fiction and historical fact. She also speaks today at the book fair, a conversation with Iman Mersal, the Egyptian winner of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award this year in literature for her creative nonfiction. [Our
The author, an aeronautical engineer, was longlisted in 2019 for ‘Women of the Five Senses.’ He wins for ‘Notebooks of the Bookseller.’
Jalal Barjas in the digital announcement of his win of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction. Image: IPAF
‘Rich, Refined Language’
In its announcement this afternoon Gulf time (May 25), the United Arab Emirates’ 14th International Prize for Arabic Fiction has named the Jordanian novelist and aeronautical engineer Jalal Barjas the winner of its US$50,000 honor for his novel
Notebooks of the Bookseller, published by the Arabic Institute for Research and Publishing.
Barjas was longlisted for this award in 2019 for
From the protection of copyright to censorship, taxes, custom duties, the need for digital acceleration and literacy, the association’s president surveys the conditions in which publishers are working.
Stands at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, May 24. Image: ADIBF
‘Our Future Cannot Depend on Paper Publishing Alone’
One of the most astute observers of Arab world publishing, Arab Publishers Association president Mohamed Rashad met with the Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi of Sharjah in January, on her very first official trip as president of the International Publishers Association (IPA). Al Qasimi was opening a series of conference trips that she has continued all spring, and the importance of her selection as Cairo for her first stop was clear in her comments: the challenge and promise of young readers for the international publishing industry.