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I had a good time today touring the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair. It was very well-organized with a
large variety of books - HH Sheikh Mohammed via Official Twitter : @HHShkMohd
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Is a Digital
Book as
Devout as
a Physical
Copy?
by Roger Tagholm
Walking the aisles in the air-conditioned
splendor of the Abu Dhabi International
Book Fair this week, the physicality of
Islamic holy books is impossible to ignore.
Lavishly decorated Holy Quarans, religious
texts or works by Arab poets of old glint
at you from almost every corner, their
intricate, tooled covers catching the light.
Theres enough gold leaf on display here to
pay off the UKs national debt.
This year, Beirut-based Dar Al-Baroudi,
which specializes in high-quality,
traditional leather-bound books, has even
brought its gold-blocking machine with
it, so fair-goers can see beautiful books
being made, as if they are in an ancient
workshop. Its strange to look at its giant
lever pointing towards the heavens and
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Beneath the
Tree of Bliss
by Roger Tagholm
Iraqi-born
Emirates author
encourages
readers to be more
generous
Nobody knows
where it is, but
to me has always
been the most
magical, moving
and rickety place
in the universe
Writing for those who
do not have a voice:
this is the implied
message in the works
of Fulvio Ervas and
Cristiano Cavina, the
authors representing
contemporary Italian
literature at this years ADIBF
Fulvio Ervas, born in 1951, is the author of
Se ti abbraccio non avere paura (Marcos y
Marcos, 2012), which translates roughly to
If I Hug You, Dont Be Afraid, a bestseller
that has already been translated into seven
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Childrens
Author
Maitha alKhayat Sets
Example
for Other
Ambitious
Emiratis
by M. Lynx Qualey
Childrens
Apps vs.
Childrens
Books
by M. Lynx Qualey
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Profiting from
the production
and marketing of
digital content in
Arabic remains
challenging
On this day, we got 15,000 downloads.
The large number of downloads, Najjar
thought, should translate into a word-ofmouth buzz. However, even though the
app was appreciated and well-reviewed, it
did not turn to Al-Salwas advantage in any
concrete way. What we had was very good
reviews, Najjar said. And that gave us the
idea that we were on the track. As far as
getting back the money that was invested by
us and our partners, we didnt come close.
Najjar, Said, and audience members
speculated about the reasons why
Arabic apps were not yet selling. Zaidoun
Karadsheh, managing director of MediaPlus,
which helped produce digital content both
for al-Salwa and for Kalimat, said that Arab
consumers still need time to [get used to]
using our credit card and paying online.
However, Karadsheh added, Youre leading
the market by digitizing your content, and
the market will follow.
Publisher Profile:
Dar Al Saqi,
Beirut, Lebanon
by Olivia Snaije
What better way to start your weekend, than acultural injection of knowledge and inspiration.
We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we do writing it.
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Under
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Undisturbed for centuries,
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Andaman are being put at
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their age-old existence r4
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A great survivor
books
A lesson
in tolerance
Im against Assad ... and against the Islamist opposition, because I dont
want to fight one despotism for the sake of another, states the poet
American Sheikhs
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From page 158 A terrible wind was gathering force. AUB had always been an icon of the
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world r10
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fiction in the
Soviet era r12
Knocked
out of play
The American
University of Beirut
Betty S Anderson
Sub-titled Arab
Nationalism and Liberal
Education, Andersons
scholarly text is another
history of AUB, [but] only
one of the many stories
that can be told.
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sounds of
Tinariwen r10
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the fight for
justice r12
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Painting
over the
cracks
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of South Africas ANC party,
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does his expected expulsion from
political life say about the state of a
nation and, indeed, its ruling elite? r4
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Rachid Boudjedra:
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by Olivia Snaije
screenplays:
Ive always written in a cinematographic
and pictorial style, taking inspiration from
great American writers and great European
painters: Faulkner and Dos Passos,
Picasso and de Stal. Its a question of
personal culture
Although many young Algerian authors
now write in Arabic, Boudjedra continues
to write in both Arabic and French. When
asked whether Algerian writers would
An Adventurous
Life Lived
Through Line
Drawings
by Olivia Snaije
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