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Time to stock up on some new reading material for the litte ones…
The Month of Reading is celebrated every March in the UAE. It was first celebrated back in 2016 and after its success, HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai declared that every March would be an annual month of reading.
Every year the month of reading focuses on a central theme and this year the theme is ‘My Family Reads’.
The month is marked by a rich and diverse calendar of engaging activities and sustainable initiatives that motivate the community to read. The main aim would be to transform reading into a daily habit for everyone which will help build a future generation capable of driving the perpetual growth journey of the UAE.
The International Publishers Association Readies for 2021 By Ed Nawotka | Feb 19, 2021
Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi of the United Arab Emirates is the second woman and first Arab woman to be appointed president of the International Publishers Association since it was founded in 1896. Al Qasimi, who took over as IPA president for a two-year term on January 1, has been the Arab world’s unofficial publishing ambassador since she came on the international publishing scene in 2007, when she founded the Arabic-language children’s publishing house Kalimat. Since then, Kalimat has grown into a publishing group with a list of more than 400 titles published through five divisions, covering children’s books, books in translation, education, and comics.
‘Our industry is constantly changing and evolving,’ says Bodour Al Qasimi. This week, she begins her term as the second woman president of the International Publishers Association in more than 50 years.
Bodour Al Qasimi. Image: Ivana Maglione
‘The Industry Is Stronger Together’
In the closing days of our publishing year 2020, we were glad to have an interview with Hugo Setzer as the end of his two-year term as president of the International Publishers Association (IPA) approached.
Setzer, CEO of Mexico City’s Manual Moderno, turned out to have been the man in the seat as the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic made its deadly assault. His and the IPA’s response became as has happened to leaders and organizations in virtually all fields and professions the unavoidable hallmark of the era.
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Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh smiles at her home in Tehran on September 18, 2013, after being freed following three years in prison. Sotoudeh told AFP she was in good physical and psychological condition, and pledged to continue her human rights work. Her release came a week before Iran’s new moderate President Hassan Rowhani, who has promised more freedoms at home and constructive engagement with the world, travels to New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI (Photo by BEHROUZ MEHRI / AFP)