Visitors at the 44th Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) are getting a rare chance to see a piece of Islamic art history — a facsimile edition of a Quran manuscript written more than a thousand ...

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Millions across the MENA region are still waiting to hear God’s Word in their own language. unfoldingWord and The Bible ...

A Bible translation approved for private use by the US Catholic bishops' conference has drawn some objections over the wording of certain verses addressing same-sex relations -- but a Scripture ...

The Katara Prize for Arabic Novel Committee continues to translate award-winning works into English and French, in addition to printing, distributing, and making them available to the public. This ...

This page was published in 2014 and updated in June 2025. Today the Quran is a best-seller in Britain. Copies can be found in the UK’s 1,500 mosques, in the homes of nearly 2.7 million Muslims and in ...

Our knowledge of ancient literature comes to us through the hands of scribes. The works of Aristotle, Galen and Ptolemy survived only because generations of copyists reproduced them by hand. But ...

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s classic novella The Little Prince has been translated into more than 600 languages and dialects, more than any other nonreligious work in history. Translation of this ...

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The word Bible is indirectly derived from the Greek word for papyrus. Papyrus was used to make a parchment for writing which was rolled into scrolls. The Ancient Egyptians had used papyrus for writing ...

Marginalized minority groups receive New Testament translations. “If Jesus delays his return, they will say: Christians preserved our culture.” Home to the world’s fastest-growing church, with up to ...