Dar Al Amir for Culture and Sciences
A Cultural Establishment for Writing, Translation, and Publishing If words to most people mean a combination of letters signifying a certain meaning, they are to a publisher the very concept of existence. And to us, words also mean vision and enlightenment Dar Al Amir was established in Beirut in 1991, laying its visionary pillars through publishing some of the most precious books. Despite the many obstacles that came along its path, especially those that generally meet publishers in the Arab world, it remained steadfast in offering only what is distinct and special We welcome our readers' comments on this website, dedicated for constant updates of the different works, publications, and activities presented by Dar Al Amir About Dar Al Amir Participated in 237 international book fairs in Asia, Europe, and Australia. It also organized 23 local and international book fairs, winning more than 165 honorary awards from international organizations hosting exhibitions, conferences, and cultural festivals in which the publishing house has participated Organizes the annual Amir Book Fair which takes place in Bint Jbeil, southern Lebanon, with more than 100 Lebanese, Arab, and other publishing houses participating for the past 7 years Participated in more than 35 conferences at home and abroad Dar Al Amir is an active member of both the International and Arab Publishers Associations More than 257 works published in different fields Since its establishment in 1991, Dar Al Amir has taken special interest in the culture of resistance, organizing an annual literary competition in Lebanon for the best martyr novel Currently engaged in translating the complete works of Iranian thinker Ali Shariati into Arabic, with 29 books published in the Arabic language so far Recently started the publication of a special research series offering comparative analysis between Islam and the West, with 3 papers published so far Currently preparing to launch Shariati Magazine, presenting ideas in different fields of knowledge, and soon to be published in Beirut in three languages: English, French, and Arabic Founder Dar Al Amir was founded by Mohammad Hussein Bazzi, a poet and writer specialized in philosophy. Born in Bint Jbeil, south Lebanon, he authored a number of books on politics and poetry, including A Witness With No Account, The Fall of Baghdad, Operation Kept Promise: Diaries of the Sixth War, Bush the "Prophet" and the Holy Fire, Garaudy: A Critic of Western Civilization, They're All Americans (Poems), Neoconservatives and Constructive Anarchy, The Almond Tree (Short stories), all in the Arabic language. This is in addition to tens of research papers and articles published in a number of Lebanese and Arab periodicals Mr. Bazzi is also currently supervising the translation of all the complete works of Iranian thinker Ali Shariati |
