A canonical metadata contract for Arabic books
One schema that serves ingestion, discovery and distribution, built for a language the standards forgot.
I lead product and run a publishing-services studio. The two jobs feed each other: client work shows me where publishers struggle, and product work gives me the tools to fix it at scale.
| Organisation | Role | What it does, what I do |
|---|---|---|
| Samawy (سماوي) | Digital Products Manager | Saudi-based infrastructure for Arabic digital publishing. Lines of business: print-on-demand, ebook production, audiobooks, global distribution, an AI lab and custom cultural-technology projects. I am accountable for product, metadata and data infrastructure, partnerships, bids, operations, brand and strategy. |
| Ishraq for Publishing and Content Services | CEO and co-founder | A publishing-services studio. Editorial, cover and interior design, translation coordination, distribution availability, author and publisher social presence, and advisory notes. |
| Dar Raqeem (دار رقيم) | Publishing Manager (part-time) | A publishing house. I run the publishing operation and its restructuring from a manual, folder-based process to a managed one. |
| Nohoudh Center | External Event Coordinator | I coordinate the centre's external events. |
| Hindawi Foundation | Strategy and acquisition (earlier) | Three years on strategy and acquisition. |
Each study follows one structure: the problem, what I did, what it produced.
One schema that serves ingestion, discovery and distribution, built for a language the standards forgot.
A multi-engine pipeline that spends human review time where errors are most likely.
One shop, one path: adding channels without duplicate listings, parity breaches or unclear rights.
Narration, discovery and a fair pilot, under one rule: no AI channel opens before the contract covers it.
A five-factor scoring model that turns dozens of epics into a defensible order.
A 16-week bilingual programme on how books are made, sold and distributed.