但在2012年，据扎伊德的数据，整个阿拉伯世界及其3.62亿居民只写了15,000部作品，与罗马尼亚（人口2,130万 ） 、 乌克兰（4,560万）或美国出版商企鹅兰登书屋差不多。
And yet in 2012, according to Abou-Zeid, the entire Arab world and its 362 million inhabitants produced just over 15,000 titles, putting it in the same league as Romania (with a population of 21.3 million), Ukraine (45.6 million), or the American publisher Penguin Random House.