Al Karma Publishers is an independent and dynamic publisher based in Cairo and distributing all over the Arab world. Founded in 2013, Al Karma publishes original and translated quality fiction and non-fiction books that impact the reader’s life. Al Karma Publishers won the Best Young Egyptian Publisher Award in 2020.

It is already the home of some of Egypt’s bestselling and award-winning authors such as Galal Amin, Ibrahim Essa, Ahmed Khaled Towfik, Salah Essa, Omer Taher, Ezzedine Choukry Fichere, Mohamed El Mansi Qandil and others.

Al Karma’s international publishing program is avidly followed by readers, and focuses on high-quality fiction in excellent translations and includes such exquisite authors as Neil Gaiman, Celeste Ng, Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Pedro Mairal, Stefan Hertmans, Gerald Murnane, Natalia Ginzburg, Jon Fosse, Carlos Manuel Álvarez, Richard Bach, Harry Mulisch, Christa Wolf, Domenico Starnone, Robert James Waller, Stanisław Lem, Vigdis Hjorth, Hans Fallada, Gaito Gazdanov, Ogai Mori, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, D.H. Lawrence, Arthur Schnitzler, Hella Haasse, Rainer Maria Rilke, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Joseph Conrad, John Galsworthy, William Styron, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Graham Greene, Ruth Ware, Shari Lapena, Claire Keegan, William Shakespeare, Rumaan Alam, Anne Weber, and F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Its non-fiction list includes Eugene Thacker, Eve Ensler, Bessel van der Kolk, Gretchen Rubin, Francine Jay, Robin Norwood, Leander Kahney, Andrew Sobel, Jerold Panas, and Mark Joyner.

Al Karma is also known for its contemporary classics series, which focuses on highly sought-after and long out-of-print contemporary Arabic novels. A series which has received exceptional critical acclaim and reader appreciation.

Creating a fine balance between commercial bestsellers, award-winning titles, engaging novels and important biographies and non-fiction, Al Karma’s books have a continuous presence on the bestseller lists and are respected all across the Arab world for their quality of content, beautiful translations and high production values.

Al Karma’s books have especially strong presence in the main Arab markets, i.e. Egypt, KSA, and UAE, in addition to covering most other Arab countries such as Lebanon, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain and Morocco.

All titles are available in bookstores and through online retailers in print, ebook and audiobook formats.

Most foreign rights are still available. Please contact us to enquire about specific titles.