George Barshini
Founding Member and Director of The Liberal Library
THE LIBERAL LIBRARY / OUR TEAM
Our Team
The people behind our publishing, rights, translation, editorial, finance and distribution work.
Our Team
Charlotte Shammas
Partner and Founding Member
Hisham Shamieh
Rights and Publishing Manager
Sherin Alloush
Translation and Editorial Manager
Yaman Abboud
Finance and Distribution
Ali Al-Zaidi
Libraries and Book Fairs
About The Liberal Library
We seek to develop an Arabic-language catalogue open to difficult questions, competing ideas, and critical perspectives on history, politics, religion, and society. Intellectual value and careful editing guide our selections, with particular attention to translated works.
Secularism and freedom of conscience
We understand secularism as a civic framework protecting freedom of belief and non-belief, pluralism, and equality before the law. A healthy public culture requires access to different perspectives, including those with which we may disagree.
Publishing and translation standards
Every book calls for thoughtful sourcing, the necessary rights, accurate translation, editing, proofreading, and visual production. We aim to strengthen these practices in the service of readers and the rights of authors and translators.