Supporting Diversity in Publishing: Bodour Al Qasimi, International Publishers Association President

What were your favorite bedtime stories?

When Sheika Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi realized that the selection of stories she read to her daughter in Arabic, their native tongue, was very limited – consisting mostly of stories translated from other languages – she set out to start her own publishing house.

Founder and CEO of United Arab Emirates (UAE) based Kalimat Publishing and President of the
@International Publishers Association – IPA, Bodour talks to us about her journey into the publishing industry, the work of the Africa Publishing Innovation Fund which supports innovative publishing projects on the continent, the importance of broader awareness of authors’ rights, and the future of the publishing industry.

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Domain name News source: World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO