Private company
Alhambra Publishing
Swedish publishing house
Alhambra Publishing is a Swedish publishing house established in 1986 to publish Swedish translations of Arabic classic and contemporary literature. Examples include translations of Ibn Khaldun's 14th-century Prolegomena, and of novels by Naguib Mahfouz. Alhambra's ambition "to show solidarity between all human cultures" has led it to also publish Swedish translations from other cultures, including China and Latin America.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Alhambra Publishing is a Swedish publishing house established in 1986 to publish Swedish translations of Arabic classic and contemporary literature. Examples include translations of Ibn Khaldun's 14th-century Prolegomena, and of novels by Naguib Mahfouz. Alhambra's ambition "to show solidarity between all human cultures" has led it to also publish Swedish translations from other cultures, including China and Latin America. In addition, it established in the 1990s a popular science series, the "Alhambra pocket encyclopedia", comprising 85 titles by 2011.2
Timeline
- 1986Founded Founded1
Links
- WikipediaAlhambra Publishing
- WikidataQ4724445
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- 1WikidataAlhambra Publishing on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaAlhambra Publishing on Wikipedia