{"id":270856,"date":"2009-05-06T14:45:43","date_gmt":"2009-05-06T14:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wdev.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent-dev\/2009\/05\/06\/arab-world-and-beas-global-market-forum\/"},"modified":"2018-04-16T17:20:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T17:20:00","slug":"arab-world-and-beas-global-market-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2009\/05\/06\/arab-world-and-beas-global-market-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Arab World and BEA's Global Market Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"
As the focus of this year’s Global Market Forum at BookExpo, the Arab publishing world will be highlighted through a series of panels and cultural event kicking off the morning of Friday, May 29th with a ribbon cutting by Lance Fensterman and His Excellency M. Amr Moussa, General Secretary of the Arab League. <\/p>\n
All of the events sound interesting—and I’m not just saying that because I’m participating in one. Here’s the schedule for all of Friday’s events:<\/p>\n
9:30am: Arab-US Editors Talk Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ the Exchange of Literature and its Impact on Their Cultures<\/p>\n
11:00am: Up Close: Childrens\u2019 Books in the Arab Market<\/p>\n
2:00pm: Logistical Considerations for Arab Book Markets: Distribution, Imports and Exports<\/p>\n
3:30pm: Copyright in the Arab World\u2014Legal Status, Concerns, and Best Practices<\/p>\n
4:30pm: Arab Match-Making Session<\/p>\n
Copyright and distribution are huge issues in the Arab World, and the opening discussion about the exchange of literature (which is the panel I’m participating on) and the closing “match-making” session should give interested U.S. publishers a chance to find out how to do business with publishers from this region. <\/p>\n
In addition to these educational\/business panels, there will be two cultural events taking place on Friday and Saturday night:<\/p>\n
On Friday at 7pm at the Goethe Institute Wyoming Building (5 E. 3rd St.): “New York Meets Baghdad” with Amal Al-Jubouri and Muhsin Al-Musawi on “Scheherazades’s Sisters”<\/p>\n
On Satuday at 7pm at the New York Public Library: “New Eyes on the Arab World\u2014Breaking Down Barriers of Fear and Prejudice” featuring Peter Theroux, Raja Alem, Tom McDonough, Muhammed Al Mur & Joe Sacco with Sulaiman Al Hattlan, moderator<\/p>\n