Our Publishing
Writing The Way We Talk

We believe that God intends for His inspired Word to be clear and understandable to all peoples. For the Scriptures are designed to “make wise the simple” (Ps. 19:7) and we are instructed to teach them diligently to our children and talk of them when we sit in our house, and when we walk by the way, and when we lie down, and when we rise (Deut. 6:7).

In light of this, just as Philip helped explain the Scriptures to the Ethiopian eunuch using everyday conversational language, we believe that the Lord has guided Hope4MENA to help explain parts of Scripture by producing Bible storybooks in the everyday conversational language of as many peoples as possible in the MENA region!

Unlike the written English language which is very similar to spoken English, the classical written Arabic stands in stark contrast to the colloquial dialects we speak, think with, and are closest to our hearts. Each nation, and sometimes each part of a nation, has different dialects! There is a disastrously low rate of reading among children and young people in our region, and that is due in part to this apparent dichotomy between the “language” they speak and the one they read.

We believe God has guided Hope4MENA to launch an unprecedented initiative in our region and in the world of Arabic publishing! To write the way we talk!

So far, we’ve published four books:

• The Beginner’s Bible
• Family-Time Bible in Pictures
• The 30 Stories Bible
• The Tiny Truths Illustrated Bible

Our goal is to have each of these books published in 14 different dialects, and to add more dialects as the need arises! Among the nations whose dialects we’ve published thus far are: Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Sudan (several dialects), Iraq (several dialects), Jordan, and many more! Not only do we print books in different dialects, but we also produce an audio version with background music and sound effects. We’ve crossed the one million mark of books printed thus far! Praise the Lord!

We currently have our own distribution channels in: Egypt, Iraq, North Sudan, and South Sudan, along with distribution partners in the rest of the Arab world. We are also able to print locally in the following nations: Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq.

While the main target audience for the Bible storybooks are children, we never cease to be surprised at the number of adults whose minds are renewed and lives transformed by the reading of those Biblical treasures worded in their everyday heart language. These books have proven especially helpful to adults who did not grow up in church and who have undergone very basic levels of general education.