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In Publishing Perspectives, Olivia Snaije reports on the strong foreign-rights sales of France’s 2014 bestsellers. One May release — Riad Sattouf’s L’Arabe du futur — is scheduled for release from Metropolitan Books ……Read More

According to Kuwaiti Minister of Education and Higher Education Bader Al-Essa, rumors of “sex books” in Kuwaiti libraries are greatly exaggerated: The Kuwait-based Arab Times wrote earlier this ……Read More

A piece in Qantara magazine explores the new trend of crowdfunding support for translations and provides tips from successful crowdfunders: The “A Bird is not a Stone” campaign, ……Read More

Laila Soliman’s “Whims of Freedom” looks at what gets lost in historical re-tellings:  By Yasmin Elbeih Earlier this month, Egyptian playwright Laila Soliman gave a talk ……Read More