Insights From the World’s Largest Refugee Camp
“City of Thorns,” a book about the refugee camp Dadaab, in Kenya, portrays conditions that mirror those in Arab refugee settlements.
Cast Away: Stories of Survival
A Brussels-based foreign correspondent has traced the tales of five people who fled their countries to seek a haven in Europe.
Moroccan Academic Plays Matchmaker Between Books and Readers
A retired professor hunts down books published in Morocco and makes them available to a wider audience. His challenges reflect the wider problems of Arab publishing.
Academic Books Flourish at Tunisia’s Book Fair
The Tunis International Book Fair welcomed a large crowd—and academic books were among the key attractions.
A Dispatch from the Casablanca Book Salon
Morocco’s national book fair has a cosmopolitan feel, offering discussions, events and important new publications.
New Insights On the Arab World: 2016 Books
Ursula Lindsey offers up a cornucopia of fiction and nonfiction in Arabic, English and French for an intellectual feast.
Calls for Education That Believes ‘Culture Is the Solution’
In Morocco, a meeting emphasized the need for more arts in school curriculum and for more facilities to train creative professionals.
A Conversation With One of the World’s Most Influential Arabic Teachers
Students’ poor mastery of Arabic is caused by the poor instructional methods used, not the language itself, says Hanada Taha, the director of “Arabi21” project.
Increasing The Competitiveness of Arabic Language: Some Unusual Alternatives
The challenge of Arabic script is one of the reasons behind Arab students’ disappointing performance results, the author explains.
Why Don’t Arabs Read?
Publishing statistics hint at low readership in the region, but many new ventures, large and small, seek to encourage reading.
