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Saqi Books is an independent publishing house in London, UK, publishing titles that encompass different disciplines from politics, history and gender studies to culture, art and travel.〔(Al Saqi Books ) at visitlondon.com.〕 Saqi Books' sister company Dar al-Saqi is based in Beirut, Lebanon.〔(Dar Al Saqi. )〕 ==History== Saqi Books was co-founded in 1984 by author and feminist Mai Ghoussoub〔Lemma Shehadi, ("Al Saqi Books -25th Anniversary" ), 1 July 2008.〕 to publish academic and general interest books on the Middle East and North Africa. More recently, Saqi Books launched two imprints: Telegram〔(Telegram ), Saqi.〕 in 2005 – a list for international fiction by writers including Maggie Gee, Dubravka Ugresic, Alberto Manguel, Eduardo Mendoza, Julio Cortazar, Ferenc Karinthy and Hassan Daoud – and in 2012 the Westbourne Press,〔(The Westbourne Press ), Saqi.〕a non-fiction imprint that has published titles such as Reza Aslan's ''Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth'',〔("The Westbourne Press to publish Zealot by Reza Aslan" ), Saqi, 29 July 2013.〕 Eric Berkowitz's ''Sex and Punishment: Four Thousand Years of Judging Desire''〔Charlotte Williams, ("Saqi Books launches non-fiction imprint" ), ''The Bookseller'', 12 January 2012.〕 and ''Superman is an Arab'' by Joumana Haddad.〔Victoria Segal, ("Superman Is an Arab by Joumana Haddad – review" ), ''The Guardian'', 11 September 2012.〕 On Saqi's 21st anniversary in 2004, ''The Independent'' praised the publisher for "issuing titles that stimulate and challenge - books with 'editorial audacity'."〔http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/cover-stories-saqi-books-jonathan-aitkens-book-deal-alistair-cookes-letters-559345.html〕 In 2008 Saqi Books held its 25th anniversary celebration at Kensington Town Hall featuring musician Brian Eno, Turkish author Moris Farhi and British author Maggie Gee.〔 Saqi Books received the Arab British Culture and Society award and the British Book Industry Award for Diversity in Literature in 2008 and 2009 respectively,〔("About Us" ), Saqi.〕 and the IPG Diversity Award in 2013.〔(Independent Book Publishing Awards 2013 ), UKSG News, 7 March 2013.〕 Recent prominent Saqi titles include ''A Concise History of the Arabs'' (2014) by John McHugo and ''Syria Speaks: Art and Culture from the Frontline'', edited by Malu Halasa, Zaher Omareen and Nawara Mahfoud.〔Lucy Popescu, ("Syria Speaks: Arts and culture from the frontline, ed by Malu Halasa, Zaher Omareen & Nawara Mahfoud" ), ''The Independent'', 15 June 2014.〕 The Saqi Bookshop is located in central London on 26 Westbourne Grove. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Saqi Books」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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