Dar Al Shorouk Information

Dar El Shorouk is an independent Egyptian publishing house. It was established in 1968 by Mohamed El Moallem, one of the founding fathers of modern publishing in Egypt and the Arab World, who started his publishing career in 1942. � Today, Dar El Shorouk is one of the most prominent and respected publishers in the region. It is also the most award-winning publisher in the Arab World. It boasts a number of highly acclaimed prize-winning authors and illustrators. Authors include a wide array of distinguished thinkers, international statesmen, politicians, scientists and icons of modern Arab thought. It is the only Arab publisher to exclusively publish works by two Arab Nobel Prize laureates: Naguib Mahfouz and Ahmed Zewail. It is also the only Arab publisher with numerous international awards and prizes in the field of children's books. � Dar El Shorouk is a general publisher with over 3500 titles to its name. Of these, about 10% are translations, mainly from English, from which the rights were acquired from such publishers as Cambridge UP, Albin Michel, Dorling Kindersley, Usborne, Disney, Nathan, Kodansha, Fabri Editori, and Gyldendal Norsk. � Well known for the high quality of its books both in content and in design and printing, Dar El Shorouk is the only Arab publisher to have received a number of distinguished international awards. � Total full-time staff at Dar El Shorouk is 100 employees covering the areas of editing, graphic design, sales, marketing, and management as well as staff in 3 popular and professional bookstores located in Cairo and Alexandria. � Dar El Shorouk is the first member of a group of 6 sister companies: The largest is Shorouk Press, established in 1978, and now the largest Egyptian private sector Press; E-Kotob was established in 2000 and successfully pioneered the sale of Arabic books on-line; Clip Solutions, is a recent venture focusing on development of e-publishing in the Arabic language and multi-media production; the Egyptian Company for Publishing was especially founded to launch the most respected Arabic book review magazine entitled "Points of View" (Weghat Nazar) that is now in its 8th year of successful operation; and United Media Production was established for the purpose of the production and distribution of audio and video media material in all kinds of digital forms.