Vision
To connect the Arab world with global societies by building a cultural bridge that enhances understanding between civilizations, promotes creativity, and makes global knowledge accessible through translation and innovative digital solutions.
Introduction
Introduction
Books Platform launched as an ambitious Arab cultural initiative seeking to bridge the knowledge gap and keep pace with global scientific momentum. The platform aims to revive reading culture in Arab society, energize the translation movement, and strengthen intellectual awareness among audiences.
As an integrated institutional project, Books Platform possesses the strategic foundations to become a cornerstone of the Arab cultural landscape. Affirming its open approach, the platform welcomes all forms of strategic partnerships and support—whether financial, technical, media, or marketing—to achieve its goal of creating tangible cultural impact.
Our Values
Vision & Mission
Mission
To support the Arab reader by delivering valuable cultural and scientific content that enriches thought, revives reading habits, raises awareness, and fosters a technologically advanced and knowledge-driven Arab environment.
Objectives
We seek to make Books Platform the leading Arab platform for cultural education and one of the world's prominent centers for disseminating knowledge, culture, awareness, and intellectual enlightenment.
Policies
We are committed to delivering all our services and activities in a professional and ethical manner, adhering to scientific, legal, and moral standards that safeguard intellectual property rights for all parties.
Gallery
Knowledge Journey
Concept
Platform Concept & How It Works
The concept of Books Platform crystallizes in offering an advanced digital window (through a website and a smart app) that serves as a knowledge bridge between the Arab reader and the latest global publications. Its operating mechanism focuses on:
• Global trend monitoring: precise tracking of the latest international releases across fields of knowledge, from sciences and arts to literature.
• Selective curation: focusing on notable recent books that have not yet been translated into Arabic.
• Systematic documentation: providing comprehensive, accurate bibliographic data for each title to ensure readers access verified information.
This content aims to equip the Arab reader with renewed knowledge tools, introduce them to global intellectual output, and strengthen their presence in the contemporary cultural and civilizational context.
Uniqueness
What Makes the Platform Unique
A digital window addressing more than 400 million Arabs, aspiring to create an open cultural climate connected to the world, while offering new and promising opportunities to activate translation efforts and stimulate the Arab book market.
A new cultural and media platform — the first of its kind in the Arab world — serving a wide audience of readers, intellectuals, and researchers interested in staying informed about newly published global books that have not yet been translated into Arabic.
Providing innovative cultural and media services through daily news bulletins on new books, as well as producing videos and podcasts highlighting the most important releases, and engaging audiences via the platform's mobile application and social media channels.
A practical means to facilitate coordination and direct communication with writers, authors, researchers, intellectual institutions, and Arab and international publishers.
Efforts
Current Efforts in Promoting Our Initiative
- 1
Introducing Arab and international cultural and publishing institutions, as well as influential public figures, to the Books Platform project, its objectives, roles, and development phases, with the aim of establishing partnership and sponsorship agreements and securing appropriate funding.
- 2
Moving toward agreements with Arab national libraries to provide updated, comprehensive, and daily bibliographic data for every significant new book published worldwide and in all languages.
- 3
Coordinating with leading media institutions to present our new media services, including daily news and specialized reports published under the title "The Arab World Reads".
- 4
Collaborating with television channels interested in cultural media to produce short video content titled "Books Speak", using innovative creative approaches aimed at attracting viewers to reading.
- 5
Nominating the project for regional and international cultural awards, as it represents a pioneering Arab initiative that enables the Arab reader to discover every important book published worldwide.
Partners
Publishers & Strategic Partners
Media
Video & Audio Content
Videos and podcasts highlighting the most important global releases.
Our Team
Who Stands Behind the Platform
Atef Mazhar
General Manager
Founder and Strategic Visionary — senior management and general supervision.
Mariam Mazhar
CEO
Responsible for shaping the platform's marketing strategy, strengthening its digital presence, and building meaningful engagement with the reading and publishing community.
Sara Mazhar
Chief Technology Officer
Oversees the technical infrastructure and digital development of the platform, ensuring a secure, efficient, and seamless user experience.
Mohamed Abou Elwafa
Editor-in-Chief (English)
Supervises editorial content, reviews literary and intellectual works, and ensures quality and consistency in line with the platform's standards.
Hany Mawafy
Editor-in-Chief (Arabic)
Manages cultural and intellectual content and coordinates with authors, writers, and researchers.
"Our purpose is to introduce the Arab reader to every new book published around the world."
"The global books platform is a knowledge window on the cultures of the world."
"Our purpose is to introduce the Arab reader to every new book published around the world."
"The global books platform is a knowledge window on the cultures of the world."