Al-Arabi Publishing and Distribution was founded in 1975 in Cairo. The publishing house's translation activity began in 2005, with the number of translated works exceeding 200 titles in various fields, including novels, stories, arts, and cultural heritage. The publishing house has focused on translating literary, intellectual, and artistic works from diverse cultures and peoples, such as Turkey, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Norway, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Iceland, Bosnia and Montenegro, Belgium, Macedonia, Slovakia, Germany, Switzerland, Portugal, Italy, India, Ireland, Peru, Finland, Hungary, Serbia, Armenia, France, and China. This has contributed to enhancing Arab readers' knowledge of the cultures and peoples of these countries.