الأدبُ خيرُ ميراثٍ
A Syrian publisher since 1997, bringing the world’s literature into Arabic and publishing Arabic voices.
New in 2026 — Al-Thulathiyya al-Filastiniyya (lit. The Palestinian Trilogy), Hasan Sami Yousef
01 · New
This year’s books, as they came off the press and onto the fair stands.
Through narrative, cinematic imagery and candour, inside the tragedy of whole lives.
The absence of law reveals our true nature.
“I am a writer, and what I write is what I hear.”
02 · The four doors
Four doors into one library. Hover a door to open it.
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World literature in Arabic
19 titles
Nobel, Booker and Goncourt novels, carried over from their original languages.
Coetzee · Thomas Mann · Hermann Hesse · Joseph Conrad · Fernando Pessoa · Nikos Kazantzakis · D. H. Lawrence · Antonio Gala · Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa · Pascal Quignard · Orhan Pamuk · Antonio Tabucchi
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Classics and epics
5 titles
03
Voices from here
13 titles
04
Testimonies of our time
8 titles
Reference work
The first modern European novel, in its complete text, translated from the Spanish.
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The complete text
Cervantes’ novel in full, as it was written.
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From the Spanish
Translated from its original language by Rifaat Atfeh.
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With Spain
Published with the Spanish Ministry of Culture, because some books deserve to be carried over exactly as they were written.
04 · For publishers and agents
Rights &Translation
Books on this site carried into Arabic from
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We choose each book for its quality, its standing in the world and the worth of its author — then look for a translator who truly knows its original language.