In the 1,000 years since the reign of the Caliph Mamoun as many books have translated into Arabic as Spain translates in one year, according to the 2002 Arab Human Development Report.
The Qatar Foundation joined forces with UK publisher Bloomsbury to create Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing, with the mission of publishing “quality books – for children, fiction and non-fiction for adults, information titles, as well as academic monographs.”
What do you think of all these initiatives? What’s your say on the state of publishing and reading in Jordan and the region? Do you read Arabic-language books or books by Arab authors? Who are your favorites? What do you think can be done to create a new culture of reading in Jordan?
Have your say here.