Saqi Books

Saqi is a leading independent publisher of trade and academic books on the Middle East and North Africa. For four decades, we have offered an independent platform for writers and artists from around the world, releasing cutting-edge, ground-breaking works including seminal works The Crusades through Arab Eyes by Amin Maalouf and Beyond the Veil by Fatema Mernissi. We are also proud to bring together classical works such as The Quarter by Nobel Laureate for Literature Naguib Mahfouz and contemporary authors such as RSL Fellow Leila Aboulela on our Saqi Bookshelf series; a curated list of the most dazzling writing from this kaleidoscopic region.

‘Anyone interested in Arab culture today is aware of the invaluable role Saqi plays in making available pioneering and specialist books that large publishers refuse to go near.’ The Times

‘Saqi is [an] outstanding independent house … always a superb source of books from and about the Arab world.’ Independent

Saqi was shortlisted for the IPG Diversity Award 2024. Over the years Saqi’s company awards include the IPG Diversity Award in 2013, the Arab British Culture and Society award in 2008 and the British Book Industry Award for Diversity in Literature in 2009.