Arab Renaissance: Millions descend on MENA book fairs as the 2023-24 season kicks off, starting with Riyadh
Never underestimate the publishing opportunity in the Arab markets. Some of the largest book fairs...
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Category: Sharjah
UAE – The first-ever Sharjah Animation Conference attracted more than 5,000 attendees
The UAE continues to expand its mission as a global hub for the creative industries. “The...
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UAE – Arabs don’t read? Sharjah International Book Fair clocks 2.17 million visitors as western book fairs struggle to attract pre-Covid footfall
Sharjah wasn’t the biggest book fair by visitors this year – that honour went to Madrid – but it...
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Bodour Al Qasimi and the Challenge of African Publishing – a TNPS Personal Perspective
Just maybe the IPA could bring the digital distributors to their senses, and maybe too knock sense...
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Meet the Lebanese expat who sold books to young UAE royals. And a personal memoir involving suitcases of books
As my travel horizons widened I found my suitcases of English-language books could open doors and...
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Arab book market focus: Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival 2022 (UAE)
The Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival is one of the biggest children’s literary events in the...
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From Pandemic Panic to Pandemic Accommodation – global book fairs adjust to the New New Normal as Sharjah becomes world’s largest book fair
Sharjah this month eclipsed the mighty Buchmesse as the world’s largest book fair, taking the...
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As Al Qasimi’s Sharjah prepares to take publishing’s centre stage, private visitors outnumbered trade at hybrid Frankfurt 2021 for first time
The torch for the future of the global publishing industry will be carried not by Frankfurt, and...
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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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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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Mapping the New Normal: Sharjah Book Authority launches virtual discussion platform ‘Publishers Club’ in UAE
Sharjah Book Authority uses Zoom to offer a digital platform for Arab publishers as Covid-19...
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UAE’s Sharjah International Book Fair will go ahead Nov 4-14. All Exhibitor spaces sold. But 2 million visitors is unlikely this year
As the biggest territorial Middle East book event (Cairo attracts more visitors but is in North...
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