Riyadh International Book Fair (English Wikipedia)

"Riyadh Int'l Book Fair Postponed over Coronavirus Fears". Asharq Al-awsat. Retrieved 6 March 2020. (Saudi-government-controlled media, and thus not an independent source)

abouther.com

"Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Culture Announces Riyadh Book Fair Plans for 2020". About Her. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019. (Saudi-government-controlled media, and thus not an independent source)

accucoms.com

"Riyadh International Book Fair". ACCUCOMS.

afsa.org

"Saudi Arabia: Liberalization, Not Democratization". afsa.org.

agsiw.org

Aldosari, Hala (24 March 2016). "Riyadh Book Fair 2016: A Political Memorandum from New Rulers". Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington.
Smith Diwan, Kristin (22 January 2019). "Saudi Arabia Reassigns Roles within a More Centralized Monarchy". Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington.

ahram.org.eg

english.ahram.org.eg

"Saudi hardliners disrupt book fair". Ahram Online. Agence France-Presse.
Saad, Mohammed (29 January 2013). "Arab Publishers Association boycotts Riyadh Book Fair - Arab - Books". Ahram Online.
"Saudi women given unprecedented permit to attend book fairs - with men". Ahram Online.
"Saudi bans books at fair in wide-ranging crackdown". Ahram Online. Agence France-Presse. 16 March 2014.

al-bab.com

"But is it fiction?". al-bab.com.
Whitaker, Brian (3 March 2011). "Thuggery at Saudi book fair". al-bab.com.
Whitaker, Brian. "Where literary meets military". al-bab.com.

al-monitor.com

Al-Rasheed, Madawi (13 March 2014). "Saudi officials shut down display at book fair". Al-Monitor.

alarabiya.net

english.alarabiya.net

Suleiman Shoqiran, Fahad (25 March 2018). "Debate over intellectual freedoms and rights in Saudi Arabia". english.alarabiya.net. (author with close ties to Saudi-government-controlled media, not an independent source)
Alnufaie, Hanan. "Young Malaysian painter wins Saudi hearts at Riyadh Book Fair". english.alarabiya.net.

alarabiya.net

"Saudi conservatives stir row in a Riyadh book fair". العربية نت. Alarabiya. 3 March 2011. (Saudi-government-controlled media, and thus not an independent source)

algemeiner.com

Speyer, Lea. "Human Rights Organization: Antisemitic Literature at US-Backed Riyadh Book Fair a 'Tragedy for the Jewish People'". Algemeiner.com.
"Saudi Book Fair Called Out for Display of Antisemitic Titles, Including Mein Kampf". Algemeiner.com.
Speyer, Lea. "State Department Denies Knowledge of Antisemitic Material at Saudi Book Fair Attended by US Embassy Reps (Video)". Algemeiner.com.

alqst.org

"'Moderation' requires tolerance, acceptance of others, free speech and human rights". القسط. 6 November 2017.
النجار Alnajjar, أميمه Omaima (9 September 2019). "Anas al-Mazrou". القسط ALQST. Retrieved 21 March 2020.

alriyadh.com

"البرد يزور معرض الكتاب". Al Riyadh جريدة الرياض (in Arabic). 12 March 2011. (Saudi-government-controlled media, and thus not an independent source)

amnesty.org

"Fresh wave of arrests in Saudi Arabia". www.amnesty.org. 5 April 2019.

anhri.net

"KSA: Members of the Saudi Religious Police (CPVPV – The Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice) Attacks a Seminar About Destroying Monuments". Arabic Network for Human Rights Information. 9 March 2015.

apnews.com

Batrawy, Aya (26 November 2019). "Activists: Saudi Arabia detains eight in sustained crackdown". AP NEWS.

arab.news

"Saudi Culture Ministry chooses 'Riyadh Front' as book fair's new headquarters". Arab News. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020. (Saudi-government-controlled media, and thus not an independent source)

arabicfiction.org

"Abdo Khal: International Prize for Arabic Fiction". www.arabicfiction.org.

arablit.org

"Book Fair Updates: Riyadh Disrupted by Ultraconservatives, Report from Casablanca". & Arablit. 3 March 2011.
"Saudi Publisher Booted From Riyadh International Book Fair". & Arablit. 12 March 2014.
"If You're in the KSA: The Riyadh International Book Fair". & Arablit. 20 February 2010.
"(Don't) Boycott the Riyadh International Book Fair". & Arablit. 9 March 2012.
"Controversy Even Months Before Opening of 2013 Riyadh International Book Fair". & Arablit. 30 January 2013.
"The 2015 Riyadh International Book Fair: A Mixed Bag". & Arablit. 17 March 2015.

arabnews.com

Al-Mukhtar, Rima (7 November 2012). "Traditional and modern: The Saudi man's bisht". Arab News.
"Tunisia selected as guest of honor at Riyadh International Book Fair". Arab News. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022. (Saudi-government-controlled media, and thus not an independent source)
"Saudi Culture Ministry formed following a major Cabinet reshuffle". Arab News. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2019.

bloomberg.com

Nereim, Vivian; Martin, Matthew (1 February 2018). "Saudis Raise Allowances for Some Royals after Purge". www.bloomberg.com. Bloomberg.
Nereim, Vivian (15 December 2019). "Saudi Unemployment Falls to 3-Year Low While Expat Exodus Slows". www.bloomberg.com.
Shahine, Alaa; Nereim, Vivian; Abu-Nasr, Donna. "Saudi Arabia's Great Makeover Can't Afford to Fail This Time". www.bloomberg.com. Bloomberg.
"Liberated Saudi Youth Wonder Where All the Wahhabis Have Gone". Bloomberg Businessweek.

britishcouncil.org

Calderbank, Tony. "One Arabic-English translator shares his experience". www.britishcouncil.org. British Council.

brookings.edu

Nolan, Leigh (May 2011). "Managing reform? Saudi Arabia and the king's dilemma" (PDF). Brookings Doha Center.

cnn.com

"Saudi men arrested for seeking female writer's autograph - CNN.com". www.cnn.com.

cpj.org

Campagna, Joel. "Saudi Arabia report: Princes, Clerics, and Censors". cpj.org. Committee to Protect Journalists.

dawn.com

"Saudi writers find voice depicting closed society". dawn.com. 22 June 2010.

economist.com

"The red ink and the black: The unlikely rise of book fairs in the Gulf". The Economist. 6 July 2019.
"Radical reforms in Saudi Arabia are changing the Gulf and the Arab world, Radical reforms in Saudi Arabia are changing the Gulf and the Arab world". The Economist.
"Unshackling themselves, Unshackling themselves". The Economist.

emirates247.com

"Saudi bans books at fair in crackdown". www.emirates247.com.

eyeofriyadh.com

"Riyadh International Bookfair 2018". Eye of Riyadh. 1 March 2018. Archived from the original on 1 March 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2020.

forbes.com

Dudley, Dominic. "Rising Unemployment Suggests Saudi Government Reforms Are Failing". Forbes.

freedomhouse.org

"Saudi Arabia". freedomhouse.org. 12 January 2012.

freemuse.org

"Saudi Arabia: 420 books banned at Riyadh International Book Fair". Freemuse. 18 March 2014.
"Saudi Arabia: Books banned, performance interrupted at book fair". Freemuse.

gallup.com

news.gallup.com

Gallup (21 December 2007). "Saudi Arabia: Majorities Support Women's Rights". Gallup.com.

globalvoices.org

"Saudi Arabia: 2007 Riyadh International Book Fair, Ahmadinejad's Visit to the Kingdom, and More". Global Voices. 7 March 2007.

gulfnews.com

"Riyadh fair bans Oman writer's book". gulfnews.com.

hrw.org

"The High Cost of Change: Repression Under Saudi Crown Prince Tarnishes Reforms". Human Rights Watch. 4 November 2019.

huffingtonpost.co.uk

"No, Ambassador: It's Not 'Meddling' to Call for Free Speech in Saudi Arabia". HuffPost UK. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015.

india.com

zeenews.india.com

"Saudi hardliners disrupt book fair: Witnesses". Zee News. 3 March 2011.

jpost.com

"Mein Kampf and antisemitic books found at Saudi Arabia book fair". The Jerusalem Post. 1 April 2019.
"Saudi Arabia bans prominent Palestinian authors from Riyadh book fair". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com.

kabc.com

Qiblawi, Tamara (5 April 2019). "Two US citizens arrested in first Saudi arrest sweep since Khashoggi killing, sources say". KABC-AM. CNN.

khaled.us

"Riyadh International Book Fair 2010, let's try this again". Khaled rambles. 3 March 2010.
"Riyadh International Book Fair". Khaled rambles. 17 February 2006.
"Riyadh International Book Fair 2010, let's try this again". Khaled rambles. 3 March 2010. (Site unavailable on the March 1st, with the invite-only opening day on the 2nd)
"Riyadh". Khaled rambles.

lobelog.com

An anonymous "Guest Contributor" (10 August 2016). "What If Saudi Arabia Collapses?". LobeLog. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)

memri.org

"Saudi Clerics Criticize Book Fairs, Culture Events in the Country". MEMRI.

middleeasteye.net

"Saudi law professor arrested for criticising kingdom's human rights record: Report". Middle East Eye.

mideastposts.com

Al-Omran, Ahmed. "Some of the 'Less Boring' Saudi Wikileaks Cables". MidEastPosts.com.
Royston, Steve. "Sharp Divides Emerge over Saudi Reforms". MidEast Posts.
Wagner, Rob L. "Riyadh Book Fair Debacle is Nothing More Than Theater". MidEast Posts. (Not an independent source; Rob L. Wagner, the author, was an editor at Saudi-government-controlled Arab News at the time of writing, and has long been employed in posts under Saudi government control.)
Arabia, Crossroads. "Saudi Authorities Crack Down on 'Book Fair Louts'". MidEast Posts.

nbcnews.com

Ammar, Hassan (7 March 2009). "Saudi Arabia welcoming more cultural events". msnbc.com. Associated Press.

newsghana.com.gh

Abdallah, Mariam. "Censorship Rife at Riyadh Book Fair". Ghana News.

npr.org

"What Changes In Saudi Arabia's Political Power Mean For U.S.-Saudi Relations". NPR.org.

nytimes.com

Hubbard, Ben; Kirkpatrick, David D. (19 October 2018). "Uproar Over Dissident Rattles Saudi Royal Family". The New York Times.
Hubbard, Ben (14 September 2017). "Saudi Arabia Detains Critics as New Crown Prince Consolidates Power". The New York Times.
Hubbard, Ben; Kirkpatrick, David D.; Kelly, Kate; Mazzetti, Mark (11 March 2018). "Saudis Said to Use Coercion and Abuse to Seize Billions". The New York Times.
Mazzetti, Mark; Hubbard, Ben (17 March 2019). "It Wasn't Just Khashoggi: A Saudi Prince's Brutal Drive to Crush Dissent". The New York Times.
Yee, Vivian (26 November 2019). "Saudi Arabia Is Stepping Up Crackdown on Dissent, Rights Groups Say". The New York Times.
Translated quotation from The New York Times: Yee, Vivian; Kirkpatrick, David D. (5 April 2019). "Saudis Escalate Crackdown on Dissent, Arresting Nine and Risking U.S. Ire". The New York Times.

opendemocracy.net

"The Saudi response to the 'Arab spring': containment and co-option". openDemocracy.

opensecrets.org

Massoglia, Anna (2 October 2019). "Saudi Arabia ramped up multi-million foreign influence operation after Khashoggi's death". OpenSecrets News. The Center for Responsive Politics.

publicawaz.blogspot.com

"Visit to International Book Fair: #Riyadh". Voice of Sudhnoti. 14 March 2015.

pulitzercenter.org

Murphy, Caryle (3 April 2014). "Saudi Arabia's Shifting Islamic Landscape". Pulitzer Center.

qantara.de

en.qantara.de

Freitag, Ulrike. "International Book Fair in Riyadh: Treading the Line between Censorship and Cautious Change". Qantara.de - Dialogue with the Islamic World.

riyadhbookfair.org

"معرض الرياض الدولي للكتاب Riyadh International Book Fair". Riyadh Exhibitions company. 7 February 2006. Archived from the original on 7 February 2006. (official fair website not an independent source)

riyadhbookfair.org.sa

"معرض الرياض الدولي للكتاب 2008". 14 March 2008. Archived from the original on 14 March 2008. (official schedule; not an independent source)
"Riyadh-Book-Fair". KSA Ministry of Culture and Information. 16 December 2009. Archived from the original on 16 December 2009. (not an independent source)
"Riyadh-Book-Fair". Ministry of Culture, Saudi Arabia. 11 January 2010. Archived from the original on 11 January 2010. Original Ministry of Culture official schedule, not an independent source
Internet Archive. "Wayback Machine".Archive index at the Wayback Machine

robertsharp.co.uk

"No, Ambassador: It's Not 'Meddling' to Call for Free Speech in Saudi Arabia". HuffPost UK. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015.

saudigazette.com.sa

"Census shows Kingdom's population at more than 27 million". Saudi Gazette. 24 November 2010. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
"High prices, Hai'a dampen spirits at Riyadh Book Fair". Saudi Gazette. 27 May 2009. Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. (Saudi-government-controlled media, and thus not an independent source)
"Tunisia chosen as guest of honor at Riyadh International Book Fair". Saudi Gazette. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022. (Saudi-government-controlled media, and thus not an independent source)

saudijeans.blogspot.com

"Saudi Jeans: Let's Meet and Talk". 15 November 2007. Archived from the original on 15 November 2007.

saudijeans.org

"Exclusive: Riyadh International Book Fair". Saudi Jeans. 25 February 2006. Archived from the original on 1 March 2006.
Al Omran, Ahmed (9 March 2008). "Riyadh International Book Fair: Could Be Better". Saudi Jeans.
Al Omran, Ahmed (7 March 2009). "Riyadh Book Fair '09". Saudi Jeans.
"Not Fair!". Saudi Jeans. 19 September 2004.
"The Book Fair Report". Saudi Jeans. 30 September 2004.

saudiwoman.me

"Riyadh Book Fair 2010". Saudiwoman's Weblog. 5 March 2010.
"Riyadh Book Fair 2009". Saudiwoman's Weblog. 8 March 2009.
Eman al-Nafjan (18 February 2011). "The Arab Revolution Saudi Update". Saudiwoman's Weblog.
Eman al-Nafjan. "Are we or aren't we?". Saudiwoman's Weblog.
"Sixth of November at the Riyadh Book Fair". Saudiwoman's Weblog. 13 March 2014.

state.gov

"Saudi Arabia". United States Department of State.

theguardian.com

Flood, Alison (14 March 2014). "Saudi book fair bans 'blasphemous' Mahmoud Darwish works after protest". The Guardian.
Chulov, Martin (24 October 2017). "I will return Saudi Arabia to moderate Islam, says crown prince". The Guardian.
"Saudi Arabia says religious police must be 'gentle and humane'". The Guardian. Associated Press. 13 April 2016 – via www.theguardian.com.
al-Rasheed, Madawi (22 January 2015). "King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia obituary". The Guardian.
"Dozens of Saudi Arabian women drive cars on day of protest against ban". The Guardian. 26 October 2013.
Sidahmed, Mazin (26 September 2016). "Thousands of Saudis sign petition to end male guardianship of women". The Guardian.
Safi, Michael (4 November 2019). "Saudi Arabia: arrests of dissidents and torture allegations continue". The Guardian.

thenational.ae

Mahdi, Wael (24 March 2009). "New-look book fair backfires on writers". The National.

thenewpublishingstandard.com

Williams, Mark (24 February 2019). "As western publishers look the other way millions attend Arab book fairs in February". The New Publishing Standard.

thestar.com

Murphy, Caryle. "Will the House of Saud adapt enough to survive ... again? | The Star". thestar.com.

thetanjara.blogspot.com

"The tanjara: Religious[sic] police and censorship cause discontent at Riyadh book fair". the tanjara. 10 March 2009.

washingtonpost.com

Alaoudh, Abdullah (19 July 2018). "Saudi Arabia's crown prince is taking the kingdom back to the Dark Ages". Washington Post.
Khashoggi, Jamal (3 April 2018). "By blaming 1979 for Saudi Arabia's problems, the crown prince is peddling revisionist history". Washington Post.
Thebault, Reis; Mettler, Katie (24 December 2019). "Instagram influencers partied at a Saudi music festival — but no one mentioned human rights". Washington Post.
Ismail, Raihan. "How is MBS's consolidation of power affecting Saudi clerics in the opposition?". Washington Post.
Lacroix, Stéphane. "Saudi Arabia's Muslim Brotherhood predicament". Washington Post.
Fahim, Kareem. "Saudi Arabia's once-powerful conservatives silenced by reforms and repression". Washington Post.
Khashoggi, Jamal. "Saudi Arabia's crown prince wants to 'crush extremists.' But he's punishing the wrong people". Washington Post.

web.archive.org

"Exclusive: Riyadh International Book Fair". Saudi Jeans. 25 February 2006. Archived from the original on 1 March 2006.
"Riyadh International Bookfair 2018". Eye of Riyadh. 1 March 2018. Archived from the original on 1 March 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
"Census shows Kingdom's population at more than 27 million". Saudi Gazette. 24 November 2010. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
"معرض الرياض الدولي للكتاب Riyadh International Book Fair". Riyadh Exhibitions company. 7 February 2006. Archived from the original on 7 February 2006. (official fair website not an independent source)
"Saudi Jeans: Let's Meet and Talk". 15 November 2007. Archived from the original on 15 November 2007.
Arabia, Crossroads (21 March 2007). "Riyadh Book Fair off to Quiet Start". Archived from the original on 21 March 2007.
"معرض الرياض الدولي للكتاب 2008". 14 March 2008. Archived from the original on 14 March 2008. (official schedule; not an independent source)
"Riyadh-Book-Fair". KSA Ministry of Culture and Information. 16 December 2009. Archived from the original on 16 December 2009. (not an independent source)
"High prices, Hai'a dampen spirits at Riyadh Book Fair". Saudi Gazette. 27 May 2009. Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. (Saudi-government-controlled media, and thus not an independent source)
"Riyadh-Book-Fair". Ministry of Culture, Saudi Arabia. 11 January 2010. Archived from the original on 11 January 2010. Original Ministry of Culture official schedule, not an independent source
The Internet Archive: 2006 website, mostly unarchived English version, February 2007 website; after that, it's held by domain squatters.
Internet Archive. "Wayback Machine".Archive index at the Wayback Machine

wiesenthal.com

"Wiesenthal Centre to Saudi Culture Minister: "We are Distressed to Discover Vicious Antisemitic Conspiracy Texts on Display at the Riyadh Book Fair"". www.wiesenthal.com.
"Wiesenthal Centre to Saudi Media Minister: "Ban Antisemitic Hate at the Riyadh International Book Fair"". www.wiesenthal.com.

womenspillar.blogspot.com

Hawari, Walaa; Al-Dosary, Shiekha (11 March 2009). "Women's Issues in the Middle East: Saudi Arabia: Frustrating experience". Women's Issues in the Middle East (apparently reprinting an Arab News report). Arab News (Saudi-government-controlled media, and thus not an independent source).

wsj.com

blogs.wsj.com

Omran, Ahmed Al (12 March 2014). "Edgy Saudi Bans Local Publisher". Wall Street Journal.

xrdarabia.org

Arabia, Crossroads (21 March 2007). "Riyadh Book Fair off to Quiet Start". Archived from the original on 21 March 2007.

youtube.com

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