New Arabic Books - The Arab world - Exclusive interviews


		''It’s important for us is to bring the literature, the culture, the story of the Middle East to those outside the Middle East.''

Mark Linz

	Exclusive Interviews

Find out more about some of the key players in the Arab World - the authors, translators, publishers, booksellers and others who bring books from the region to national and international audiences

Ramy Habeeb
Ramy Habeeb is the Director and Co-Founder of Kotobarabia, the first online, e-book publishing house in the Arab world.

Joanna ElMir
Winner of the International Young Publisher of the Year award in 2006

Mark Linz
Naguib Mahfouz’s English language publisher, Mark Linz has been a senior international publishing executive for over 40 years.

Isobel Abulhoul
Managing director of Magrudy bookshop in United Arab Emirates

Nadia Wassef
Founder and co-owner of Diwan bookstore

Dan Nunn
Editorial Manager at Garnet Publishing and Ithaca Press, an independent publishing company that specialises in publications on the Arab world

Omar Saif Ghobash
Omar established a number of companies in the fields of finance, legal services, and the arts – co-founding one of Dubai’s most successful art galleries, award-winning The Third Line, and in March 2008, launching Kaleem Books, an exciting new publishing house specialising in original Arabic fiction.