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Dubai ruler to gift mlns of books across thousands of schools in Arab world
Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has directed the distribution of three million books across thousands of schools in the Arab world ... Gulf -
Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed inaugurates $270 mln mega library to foster reading
Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has launched a new mega library shaped like a bookstand that cost $272 million (Dh1 billion) to ... Gulf -
Haunted by militancy, Pakistani town welcomes library built above gun market
The Pakistani town of Darra Adam Khel is home to a 150-year-old arms market with more than 2,000 shops displaying firearms. Located around 40 ... Features -
Egypt retrieves 500-year-old manuscript on science of history
A 500-year-old manuscript that was lost for half a century from the National Library of Egypt has finally returned home following months of ... Travel and Tourism -
Categorizing books and the curious case of Sad Tropics
When Claude Lévi-Strauss published his book Tristes Tropicos (Sad Tropics) in 1955, critics were not sure how to categorize the book as ... Middle East -
Visiting a library in Paris
Don’t go to the library. This trip is a trap. The rich library is a strict court. A store to sell poison, questions and doubts. Some believe ... Middle East -
Saudi book fair: Culture or show?
Saudi society is becoming more open to the world and more acquainted with books Middle East -
Extreme reader: Meet the man with a 40,000-book library in the UAE
The current cultural advisor for the government of Abu Dhabi, Nusseibeh moved from Jerusalem to the United Arab Emirates in 1967 Variety -
Facing ISIS threat, Iraq digitizes national library
The dimly-lit, dust-caked stacks of the Baghdad National Library hide a treasure of the ages: crinkled, yellowing papers holding the true stories of ... Art and culture -
A million rare documents damaged in Moscow blaze
The blaze, which started Friday and was still not completely out on Saturday evening, ravaged 2,000 square metres Art and culture -
Bosnia opens library housing ancient Islamic manuscripts
The oldest item in the library is an Arabic-language handwritten manuscript dating to 1106 Variety -
Decades-old library in north Lebanon torched
The library is located in the historic heart of Tripoli, Lebanon’s second city and scene of frequent Syria-related violence Middle East
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