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Charlie Hebdo

Cover of John Tolan’s “Faces of Muhammad: Western Perceptions of the Prophet of Islam from the Middle Ages to Today.”

How the West’s depiction of Prophet Mohammad has come a full circle

culture

A customer browses books at a bookshop in the Moroccan capital Rabat on August 9, 2018. (AFP)

Neglecting translation stunts Arab intercultural outreach

Hassan Ouazzani

This is Not Propaganda

Overabundance of information comes with global problems

US

Nigerian special forces and Chadian troops participate with US advisors in the Flintlock exercise in Mao, Chad. (AP)

Is the fight against extremism winnable?

Assad

Unknown insights. Cover of Sam Dagher’s new book “Assad Or We Burn the Country: How One Family’s Lust for Power Destroyed Syria.”

New book reveals unknown details about how Assad prevailed in Syria

Sharjah

A view of the opening ceremony of the UNESCO's World Book Capital for 2019 is seen in Sharjah, April 23. (Sharjah World Book 2019 via AFP)

UAE’s Sharjah named 2019 World Book Capital

Baghdad International Book Fair

Visitors tour sections of the Erbil International Book Fair. (Twitter)

Arab publishing showcased at Erbil International Book Fair

Warid Badr al-Salem

Tunis

Visitors look at books at the 35th International Book Fair in Tunis, April 7. (Tunis International Book Fair)

Tunis International Book Fair highlights principles of individual rights, equality

culture

President of Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities Shaikha Mai Bint Mohammed al-Khalifa (C) at the opening of the Riyadh International Book Fair. (SPA)

Riyadh International Book Fair showcases more than 900 publishers