Nashiri
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Nashiri E-publishing House is a free, non-profit, non-governmental electronic library and electronic publishing house. It's the first Arabic website to combine the services of publishing houses and libraries on a single site. The contents of Nashiri are available free of charge.
[edit] History
Nashiri is an Arabic word meaning "my publisher.". the idea behind the name is that "each writer can claim that he/she has his own publishing house ... Nashiri also aims at offering -electronically- diverse materials free for everyone" according to Hayat Alyaqout the 24-year old founder and editor-in-chief.
Nashiri was launched on July 4th, 2003 and quickly grew up to include more than 120 e-books, 100 writers from all over the Arabic speaking countries, and over 2000 articles.
[edit] Slogan
"Paperless World and Knowledge."
