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Last Revision: 24 May 2010

International projects about Arabic children's literature

Temporary projects

• Developing Arab Children's Literature, a regional programme to promote children's literature and reading in five Arab countries: Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria. It is financed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and coordinated by The Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures (ALF)
• The UNESCO nominated Beirut World Book Capital for 2009. There are lots of book-centered events in 2009, organized by the Lebanese Ministry of Culture with various partners. The workshop Enhancing Cultural Diversity in Youth Literature is just one example of many having to do with Arab children's literature.
• German-Lebanese Literature Workshops for Children in November 2007. Pairs of German-Lebanese authors developed creative interpretations with children and young people on the basis of German and Lebanese children’s storybooks. The work is documented online. The literature workshops were being held under the High Patronage of H.E. Dr Tarek Mitri, Minister of Culture, and were organised by the Goethe-Institut Lebanon, UNESCO Regional Office Beirut, ASSABIL, Friends of public libraries association and the Lebanese Ministry of Culture, with the support of the German Federal Foreign Office.

Permanent projects

• The Diary of a Stolen Thought, a free Arabic copyright handbook for illustrators and writers, from the Anna Lindh Foundation and Rania Zaghir, the founder of Al Khayyat Al Saghir, a publisher of Arabic children’s books. See the website of the Anna Lindh Foundation and find more material on the blog there for design (therefordesign.net).
• Arab Children's Book Publishers' Forum, a framework based in Sharjah, UAE, and supervised by the General Department of Children and Girls Centers. Works under the umbrella of the Arab Publishers' Association. See Company Profile in English (from BEA).
• Children’s Book Publishers' Association (JNKA), a nonprofit trade association of publishers of Arabic trade books and related materials for children and young adults.
• mubtada wa khabar, a collaborative plattform for the arab book indurstry, supported by Beirut World Book Capital 2009, the Lebanese ministry of culture and the French Embassy in the context of the ‘FSP’ (Fond de Solidarité Prioriatire) for reading and youth literature
• National Sections of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)
• kootoob illustration and book stuff in Lebanon, a blog about children's books
• Access to books for disadvantaged communities in the West Bank and Gaza is provided by the charity Book Aid International in partnership with the British Council in Palestine and the Tamer Institute for Community Education. Book Aid International increases access to books and supports literacy, education and development in various countries. It works via donations and a reverse book club.
• The Dubai International Children’s Book Fair (DICBF) was planned to be a part of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation's reading strategy. In 2010, this project was postponed indefinitely , however.

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