Sharjah records the first Arab presence in "Digital innovation week" In Spain and advance "Spread" For the world

Madrid, June 10 / WAM / The Sharjah Book Authority concluded yesterday its participation in the “Digital Innovation Week in Reading and Books and Libraries”, one of the most prominent innovation platforms in the publishing sector at the level An Arab city participates in the history of the event, stressing its position as a regional and global center in developing the publishing industry and promoting international cooperation.

As part of the activities of the second day of the event, the Sharjah Book Authority participated in a session entitled “Enabling Emirati Publishers through the Sharjah Fund for Publishing Publishing (Anchor),” during which Iman bin Shaybah, director of the Strategic Initiatives and Global Markets Department at the Sharjah Book Authority, and Shatha Nasser, founder of Kyrus Publishing House and one of the winners in the first session of the launch track in the “Ashbar” box.

Iman bin Shaybah said: Our participation in (Digital Innovation Week in Reading, Books and Libraries) comes to confirm Sharjah’s commitment to building a sustainable future for the publishing industry in the UAE and the region, where the Sharjah Fund for Sustainability of Publishing (Publish) represents a strategic initiative aimed at enabling publishers through three integrated paths: launch, growth and innovation, and the idea of ​​the fund is inspired by a central question: How do we guarantee the publishing industry that It continues and flourishes for decades to come. The answer was: by creating a training, financing and guidance system that prepares publishers to meet the market challenges and expand their business with confidence and professionalism.

Thanks to the vision of Sheikha Badour Bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sharjah Books Authority, the Fund provides the participating publishers an integrated environment that includes professional guidance and specialized training and linking publishers to networks of partners and experts as well as practical advantages such as commercial licenses, work spaces, low cost printing and support for translation, and we are proud of what we touched during our participation in wide interest from international attendees with a model (spread) as an example Apply to various global markets, where we have already received requests to hold follow -up meetings to explore cooperation opportunities.

In turn, Shatha Nasser said: The turning point was for me when I looked for a Spanish account to recommend it a young Arabic reader and I did not find a translation for it to Arabic when I realized that the matter is not limited to one missing book but rather on entire literary voices that have not been heard yet in our language and from here the idea of ​​(Carayos) was launched as an initiative to translate classic treasures from Spanish, Italian and Portuguese into Arabic and fill a cultural gap Silently waiting full.

She added: I represented an integrated platform for me, an integrated platform of guidance, knowledge and communication, which formed the basis for my divorce in the publishing world, through which I learned the secrets of the book making from the acquisition of rights to distribution and obtained a grant that helped me establish the house and launch with a first list of publications, which made it a real starting point for the launch of a local publishing house with a global vision.

The Sharjah Book Authority session was one of the highest attendance and interaction in the “Digital Innovation Week in Reading, Books and Libraries” and witnessed discussions about the mechanism of the work of the “spread” fund and ways to transfer the model to new markets. The attendees also praised the efforts of Sheikha Badour Bint Sultan Al Qasimi and thanked her for this pioneering and unprecedented initiative that they considered an inspiring model to support publishers and promoting the sustainability of the book industry.

A number of participants also expressed their aspiration to follow the cultural institutions in various countries that follow this experience because of their concrete impact on enabling publishers and creating a supportive environment for innovation and growth in the publishing sector.

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