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The UAE National Reading Index 2025 surveyed reading habits across the country. Chris Whiteoak / The National

UAE readers embrace digital and audio formats, national index shows

Social media remains a major route to reading material, while Arabic reading rose from 2023 levels

Five books to read to children under five, from Charlotte's Web to Narnia

Sharjah named Guest of Honour at Warsaw International Book Fair

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Said Khatibi on why Algerian literature must confront the civil war’s legacy

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