Closing bookshops will not make Israel safer
Yossi Mekelberg February 25, 2025 The Israeli occupation has many faces and they all represent different sides of ruthless oppression. However, there are those acts that make you wonder if […]
‘Jihadists were going to burn it all’: the amazing story of Timbuktu’s book smugglers
In 2012, tens of thousands of artefacts from the golden age of Timbuktu were at risk in Mali’s civil war. This exclusive extract describes the race to save them from […]
Most people prefer not to read, survey shows
RIYADH: ALI FAYYAZ Published — Sunday 3 November 2013 The technological boom has had a negative impact on reading habits. A survey recently conducted by Arab News revealed that only […]