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New book highlights advantages of ‘soft power’ in Middle East

New book highlights advantages of ‘soft power’ in Middle East

  • Egyptian-American Enterprise Fund helped return country to economic stability after revolution, authors tell Arab News
  • ‘Investment is much more effective than military intervention and results in long-term stability’
By RAY HANANIA ·
Literature Commission inaugurates Saudi pavilion at Bologna Children’s Book Fair

Literature Commission inaugurates Saudi pavilion at Bologna Children’s Book Fair

By SPA ·
‘Maghras’ carries Al-Ahsa’s experimental farm from oasis to page

‘Maghras’ carries Al-Ahsa’s experimental farm from oasis to page

By Jasmine Bager ·
Decoding villains at an Emirates LitFest panel in Dubai

Decoding villains at an Emirates LitFest panel in Dubai

By Shyama Krishna Kumar ·
Recommended reading to see out the summer

Recommended reading to see out the summer

By Arab News ·
Bargain hunters galore at Madinah International Book Fair

Bargain hunters galore at Madinah International Book Fair

By Arab News ·
Special Dust, paper, and crowds: Inside the Peshawar book bazaar that never runs out video

Dust, paper, and crowds: Inside the Peshawar book bazaar that never runs out

By WASIM SAJJAD ·
Saudi Arabia displays cultural depth at Seoul, Beijing book fairs

Saudi Arabia displays cultural depth at Seoul, Beijing book fairs

By Arab News ·
Saudi book club brings together readers and writers from around the globe

Saudi book club brings together readers and writers from around the globe

By Tamara Aboalsaud ·
What We Are Reading Today: ‘Fifty Words for Rain’

What We Are Reading Today: ‘Fifty Words for Rain’

By Haifa Al-Shammari ·
Special Citizen-run free Kitab Ghar rekindles fading library culture in Pakistan’s Karachi photos

Citizen-run free Kitab Ghar rekindles fading library culture in Pakistan’s Karachi

By NAIMAT KHAN ·
Book Review: ‘Thinking with Type’

Book Review: ‘Thinking with Type’

By Jasmine Bager ·
Saudi commission initiative aims to make literature ‘more accessible’

Saudi commission initiative aims to make literature ‘more accessible’

By Tareq Al-Thaqafi ·

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Eyad Abu Shakra

Between the seriousness of sport and the absurdity of politics

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Ghassan Charbel

The memorandum of misunderstanding

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Chris Doyle

Veneer of normality developing in Syria’s Homs

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Dr. Ramzy Baroud

Netanyahu’s real strategy for Gaza

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Hassan Al-Mustafa

Iran’s efforts to impose a new reality in the Strait of Hormuz

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