Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing
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Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing (BQFP) is a joint venture owned by Qatar Foundation
and managed by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Established in October 2008 and headquartered in Doha, BQFP is Qatar’s first publishing house. It consists of two departments: Publishing, and Reading and Writing Development.
and fiction like the up-coming The American Granddaughter by Inaam Kachachi, which has been translated from Arabic into English.
Nothing To Lose But Your Life by Suad Amiry
Qatari Voices, a collection of essays by young Qataris.
Q Finance
Victory over Abu Derya by Mohammed Ali.
The Selfish Crocodile by Faustin Charles and Michael Terry.
Arabic:
The Gruffalo
The Selfish Crocodile
Victory over Abu Derya
Where the Streets had a Name by Randa Abdel-Fattah
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Annual Translation Conference: the first conference was held May 2010, in partnership with Carnegie-Mellon University Qatar and moderated by best-selling novelist Ahdaf Soueif
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Qatar Foundation
Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development is a government-funded, chartered, non-profit organization in the state of Qatar, founded in 1995 by decree of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar and chaired by Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned...
and managed by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Established in October 2008 and headquartered in Doha, BQFP is Qatar’s first publishing house. It consists of two departments: Publishing, and Reading and Writing Development.
Publishing
Publishes a wide range of fiction, non-fiction, reference material, and children’s literature in both Arabic and English. A significant portion of its projects involve translating well-known works of Arabic into English and vice versa. These include children’s books like The GruffaloThe Gruffalo
The Gruffalo is a children's book by writer and playwright Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler, that tells the story of a mouse's walk in the woods...
and fiction like the up-coming The American Granddaughter by Inaam Kachachi, which has been translated from Arabic into English.
Books Published
English:Nothing To Lose But Your Life by Suad Amiry
Suad Amiry
Suad Amiry is an author and architect living in the West Bank town of Ramallah. She studied architecture at the American University of Beirut, the University of Michigan, and the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Her parents went from Palestine to Amman, Jordan. She was brought up there and went...
Qatari Voices, a collection of essays by young Qataris.
Q Finance
Victory over Abu Derya by Mohammed Ali.
The Selfish Crocodile by Faustin Charles and Michael Terry.
Arabic:
The Gruffalo
The Selfish Crocodile
Victory over Abu Derya
Where the Streets had a Name by Randa Abdel-Fattah
Randa Abdel-Fattah
Randa Abdel-Fattah is an Australian-born writer of Palestinian and Egyptian parentage.-Personal life:Randa Abdel-Fattah is an Australian-born writer of Palestinian and Egyptian parentage. Abdel-Fattah grew up in Melbourne but now lives in Sydney where she is a lawyer. She lives with her husband...
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Reading and Writing Development
Coordinates outreach programs into the community to promote a greater awareness of literature and encourage literary talent in Qatar, through events like author readings, conferences, writing workshops, reading groups, and poetry contests. The Reading and Writing Development Department works heavily with educational institutions around Doha, including schools and universities.Events
World Book Day: an annual international event celebrating books.Annual Translation Conference: the first conference was held May 2010, in partnership with Carnegie-Mellon University Qatar and moderated by best-selling novelist Ahdaf Soueif
Ahdaf Soueif
Ahdaf Soueif is an Anglo-Egyptian novelist and political and cultural commentator.-Life and career:Soueif was born in Cairo and educated in Egypt and England...
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