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 ...

Since 1978, Al Saqi Books has been a mainstay of Arabic culture, often publishing books censored in the Middle East and ...

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 ...

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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, ...

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 ...

The Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism and Amazon have entered into an agreement to launch the world’s largest digital Arabic library. The digital library is being sponsored by the Abu Dhabi ...

KUALA LUMPUR, 14th July, 2026 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Founder and Chairperson of Kalimat Foundation (KF), has led the foundation’s latest international literacy initiative ...

Arabic has been taught in Paris at least since the creation of the College de France, one of France’s most prestigious ...

This class develops the basic structures and vocabulary for understanding, speaking, writing and reading Modern Standard Arabic, the shared formal variety of Arabic used throughout the Arab world.

Omar Badawi A historical and intellectual journey awaits visitors to “Arabic Language: Twenty-Eight Letters of Light,” an exhibition in Riyadh that tells the story of one of humanity’s oldest ...