Dar Al Adab

Dr. Souheil Idriss founded Dar Al Adab for publishing and distribution in 1956. It is one of the oldest publishing houses in the Middle East. It publishes the prestigious literary magazine AL ADAB, a register of all modern writing: plays, poetry, literary critique, and a very open vision of cultural exchange, as the main weapon against fanaticism a... nd integrism. AL Adab magazine is now totally digitalized and online. The house is a familial enterprise, independent of any political Ismal Kadare, Haruki Murakami and more recently Samanta Schweblin, Yoko Ogawa, Mia of whom have been awarded international and Arab literary prizes, many of whom struggle to be published in this city called Beirut. For Beirut remains, in spite of its wounds, the lung of the Arabs, Among them: Elias Khoury, Alaa Aswany, Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, Sahar Khalifeh, Hanan El Seikh, Nawal Saadawi, Hoda Barakat, (Arab Booker 2019), Jokha Al Harithi (Man Booker International 2019), Khaled Khalife The French specialist in Arab Publishing, Franck Mermier, in his book "The City and the Book wrote Often compared to the French Gallimard, Dar Al Adab is probably the only publishing house that can consecrate the name of a new author, at a pan-Arab level. Dar Al Adab received the Sharjah award of best Arab Publishing house, and is shortlisted to the Sheikh Zayed award for best publisher.Read More