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Saqi Books
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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. Saqi Books' sister company Dar al-Saqi is based in Beirut, Lebanon. History Saqi Books was co-founded in 1984 by author and feminist Mai Ghoussoub to publish academic and general interest books on the Middle East and North Africa. More recently, Saqi Books launched two imprints: Telegram 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,a non-fiction imprint that has published titles such as Reza Aslan's Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, Eric Berkowitz's Sex and Punishment: Four Thousand Years of Judging Desire and Superman is an Arab by Joumana Haddad. On Saqi's 21st anniversary in 2004, The Independent praised the publisher for "issuing titles that stimulate and challenge - books with 'editorial audacity'." 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. and the IPG Diversity Award in 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. The Saqi Bookshop is located in central London on 26 Westbourne Grove. 
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