Neelwafurat.com

Neelwafurat.com
Type of businesse-commerce
Type of site
e-commerce
Available inArabic
Founded1998
HeadquartersBeirut, Lebanon
Area servedMiddle East
IndustryRetail
ProductsBooks, Music, DVDs, Gifts.
URLNeelwafurat.com
Launched1998

Neelwafurat.com (Arabic: نيل و فرات.كوم) is an Internet e-commerce website, similar to amazon.com, which serves primarily the Middle East and Arab World. The company sells books, magazines, films and software.

Overview

The company was founded and launched in 1998,[1][2] and was part of a large boom in Arab World use of e-commerce.[3] The name Neelwafurat is a term referring to the Nile and Euphrates rivers (neel means "Nile", "wa" is a phonetic spelling of the specific letter waw, and furat means "Euphrates"). This is a reference to the Amazon.com connection with the Amazon River.[citation needed]

Neelwafurat's headquarters is located in Beirut, Lebanon. There is an additional branch in Egypt.[4]

In 2004, the two best-selling novels on Neelwafurat were Cities of Salt by Abdul-Rahman Munif and The Insane Asylum by Ghazi al-Gosaibi, however both of these books were banned in Saudi Arabia.[5] The web retailer is seen as a primary part of Lebanon's New Economy, and is a major outlet for independent publishers.[6]

Neelwafurat's primary competitors are adabwafan.com and e-kotob.com.[7]

References

  1. ^ staff (December 21, 1998). "Software Center introduces the first commercial Arabic library on the Internet". M2 Presswire.
  2. ^ "Why Don't Arabs Read?". Al-Fanar Media. 2016-07-07. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  3. ^ Nasser, Zeid (July 1, 1999). "Arabs go e-shopping". The Star. Jordan.
  4. ^ "About the Company". Neelwafurat.com. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  5. ^ Saleh Ambah, Faiza (April 8, 2004). "Banned Saudi novels thrive abroad - and at home". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  6. ^ AKAŞ, CEM (July 28, 2006). "Beyrut'un kitapları". Radikal (in Turkish). Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  7. ^ Tresilian, David (July 26, 2006). "Publish or perish". Al-Ahram. Archived from the original on 3 April 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2010.

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