This week, Publishing Perspectives is offering expanded coverage of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (May 23-29) and Arab-world book publishing.
ADIBF Guide: Our online resource gathers the latest info about the fair, including events, fair news, translation grants, and more.
Event Recommendations: See our curated list of events from ADIBF and Guest of Honor Germany, all live-streamed online.
This coverage is supported by the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair. |
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| The Johns Hopkins Foreign Policy Institute fellow Afshin Molavi speaks with Mina Al-Oraibi about pandemic-era dynamics in the Arab region. |
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| | | DOWNLOAD: 2021 Abu Dhabi International Book Fair Magazine |
| Get your free copy of our 2021 Abu Dhabi Show Magazine, which includes: Interviews with Arab-world publishers Features on the regions' leading authors Book fair event highlights Germany's Guest of Honor program |
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| Cairo publisher and bookseller Ahmed Rashad says the loss of book fairs and bookstore closures during the pandemic makes the digital transformation more urgent than ever. |
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| Moving its full guest of honor program to 2022, Germany is at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair this year with digital programming and a German collective stand. |
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| The author discovered that her great-uncle was involved in a Nazi spy ring operating out of New York City in early World War II. |
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| UPCOMING EVENTS (times in Gulf Standard Time / GMT+4): |
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All events will be posted on the ADIBF YouTube channel.
May 28 at 14:00 – 15:00: Rights and Licenses: Coproductions and Illustrator‘s Contracts Speaker: Angela Schaaf de Lavado, (Duden Publishing)
May 28 at 18:00 - 19:00: Fantasy in the Arabic Novel Speakers: Egyptian writers Hany Abdel Mourid and Mohamed El-Fakharani
May 28 at 18:00 - 19:00: Sultan Al Amimi: A Blue Creature, Or Maybe Speakers: Emirati authors Sultan Al Amimi and Salha Obaid
May 29 at 15:00 – 16:00: The Power of Words Speakers: Bestselling author Pierre Jarawan; spoken word poet and scholar Dr. Afra Atiq; Sanam Yaqub, equality, diversity and inclusion lead at the University of Birmingham Dubai Campus. |
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