Storytel launches on schedule in Israel. Third new market of 2021 so far. 25 and counting…
Next in line for Storytel is the Indonesia launch, first projected last year. No timeline for that...
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Category: Middle East
Storytel launches in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Storytel MENA a “catalyst for growth and a greenhouse for opportunities and cooperation in the Arab market”
Storytel recently quietly rolled out its Saudi Arabia and Egypt platforms. Egypt started 2021 with...
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Big Bad Wolf UAE online book sale extended due to “overwhelmingly successful first days”
Big Bad Wolf has already run several successful online book sales in its other markets, and the...
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100 Publishers Account for ¾ of Iran’s book publishing by volume
At a time when many publisher representatives in the Middle East and South Asia are clinging to...
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Big Bad Wolf to debut in Sharjah, UAE, in partnership with SBA
Big Bad Wolf is no stranger to the United Arab Emirates, but its previous in-person visits were to...
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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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UAE’s Sharjah Art Foundation’s 3rd Focal Point art book fair to go ahead this December
A platform for printed matter by artists, writers, scholars, and independent and established...
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The 2020 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Translation announces shortlist
The five-book shortlist “covers the full span of the Arab world, from Morocco to Iraq” and a “a...
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Iraq’s Baghdad International Book Fair set for December 9, but little chance of matching the 1 million visitors seen in 2019
In 2019 the Baghdad International Book Fair presented 2 million books and attracted a record one...
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Egypt’s Opera Book Fair brings books back to the original venue of the Cairo Int. Book Fair, after 30 years
Today the Cairo event holds the record as the world’s largest book fair, typically attracting...
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Shortlist announced for 12th Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature
With 221 submissions from 22 countries, the judging panel for 12th edition of the Etisalat Award...
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Mapping the New Normal: Palestine Writes Literature Festival will be online in December
The full program for the Palestine Writes Literature Festival will be announced in November, but...
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