NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Al Saqi Books co-founder Salwa Gaspard and her daughter, Lynn, about the significance of the Arabic-language bookstore and the reasons for its impending closure. A literary ...

To some, the Arab world remains something of a mystery. But in the words of the organizers of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award (SZBA), the modern Arab world is a “vibrant mosaic,” one in which “different ...

The tradition of literary translation from Arabic is not long. It was only in 1966, when Al-Tayeb Salih’s Season of Migration to the North was published, that a contemporary Arabic-language title ...

Salwa Gaspard gazes fondly at the hundreds of Arabic-language books displayed on dark wooden shelves, putting some back in place while exchanging a few words with customers. In just a few days' time, ...

JERUSALEM — For three years now, Asmaa Azaizeh has run a popular Arabic-language book festival in Haifa, a mixed city that has become a vibrant culinary and cultural capital for Palestinian citizens ...

The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) and Amazon have partnered to launch the world’s most comprehensive digital Arabic collection through the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language ...

Kalimat, Sharjah-based publishing house dedicated to publishing and distributing high quality Arabic children's books, is ...