Arab authors in spotlight at world's biggest book fair
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The Frankfurt Book Fair, the global publishing industry's biggest gathering, will open Wednesday and roll out the red carpet for Arab authors as the guests of honor at the 56th annual event.
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A Coon Rapids High School graduate has received international recognition for her role in launching the first Arab-American literary magazine in the United States.
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Internet search titan Google announced that it would launch &quot;The Literacy Project&quot; at the world's largest book fair taking place in Germany this month.
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Publisher Fakhri Karim is using his influence and wealth to fuel a cultural revival in Iraq.
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Saudi Arabia has seen a literary explosion in the last two years after the success of "Girls of Riyadh", a taboo-breaking novel that this month went on sale worldwide in English.
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This year's BookExpo America will be a true variety show, with speakers ranging from Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to novelist Ian McEwan to comedian Stephen Colbert.
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Naguib Mahfouz, who became the first Arab writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature for his novels depicting modern Egyptian life in his beloved, millennium-old corner of Islamic Cairo, died Wednesday, his doctor said. He was 94.
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JAIPUR, India (Reuters Life!) - British author Ian McEwan is uncomfortable with the culture of celebrity writers, but welcomes new readers who seek out books after seeing movie versions, he said at an annual Literature Festival in Jaipur in western India.
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The Libyan contestant in a Pan-Arab version of the "Pop Idol" contest has generated a wave of adulation which has caused amazement in his home country, says Rana Jawad.
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Powerful signal of international and Arab support for independent state at donor conference
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Last Monday, a high-ranking delegation headed by Minister of Tourism & Culture Khaled Al-Rowaishan along with a number of Yemeni artists and authors traveled to Germany to participate in the Frankfurt ...
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The usual pre-National Book Awards&#39; (NBA) anticipation was heightened by controversy over the fiction nominees (five women authors, all living in New York) and wonder at the nomination of the surprisingly readable 9/11 Commission&#39;s The 9/11 Commission
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MANAMA: Seven Bahraini companies are taking part in the 5th Aluminium World Trade Fair & Conference (ALUMINIUM 2004) which opens today in Essen, Germany.
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The latest work of Sayed Kashua, an Israeli-born Arab journalist and author, is a situation comedy that deals with Israeli societyâs prejudices through the eyes of a Muslim Arab family.
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Misses opportunity to enlighten CISAC Google gave a keynote speech to the biggest global gathering of authors' societies today.â¦
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DUBAI: The Middle East&#39;s largest technology exhibition, GITEX, opened here Sunday with the international IT industry out in full force to showcase the latest market innovations to an expected 100,000 visitors.
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One of Asia's most prestigious book expos, the Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival held next month, has found itself at the centre of a saga worthy of one of its featured novels.