Hi everybody, good afternoon, good evening, good morning, wherever you are. It's about 9.15 here in Taipei, where I am, and I'm sure Dr. Khalil is in Abu Dhabi, he's in a different time zone, and Dr. Fatima is also in a different time zone. So this event will be conducted in Arabic, but I'll do some housekeeping in English first, right? For those of you who want to listen to the event in Arabic, please stay on. For those of you who need English translation, simultaneous English translation will be provided by our esteemed translator, interpreter, and you can go down to the bottom of your screen, and if you see an icon that says Interpretation, click on it, and you'll find a link that will take you to English, right? And for those of you who want to post questions, you'll not be able to speak to us, but you can write your questions through chat, and I will read your questions to our two guests of honor. And in addition to that, right, they'll be recording, the event will be recorded, and will be posted in both Arabic and English. You'll find the English recording on Sarah's website, and you'll find Arabic recording on Pierre Zaid Book Award website, okay? So I will not repeat this in Arabic, but we'll figure something out. So now, Tareq, if you're ready, I will start the event in Arabic. Sayedati and Issaati was said that. Ladies and gentlemen, good evening. We welcome you to this session brought to you by the Sheikh Zaid Book Award in collaboration with SOAS in London. The Sheikh Zaid Book Award is considered one of the world's leading prizes dedicated to Arabic literature and culture, and it has acquired global recognition and success since 2006, brought into recognition reward and readership to outstanding work by authors, translators, publishers, and Arabic scientific research that adds to what we know about Arabic creativity in order to encourage those who have provided exceptional services by authors, translators, publishers, and including cultural organizations. SOAS is well known for its global reach and its commitment to the global South and specific to the Arab world. The researchers provided by Orientalists in SOAS about Arabic culture, Arabic language, Arabic literature, and translation has global recognition that is hard to compete against. This year, both the Sheikh Zaid Book Award and SOAS have provided last year and this year, a number of sessions. And today's event is going to be on publishing and technology. And the next event is going to be on Thursday, the 12th of October, in which we're going to be starting at 1500 London's time on the detective novel. And today, we'll be talking about publishing and technology. And our guest of honor today is going to be, or are going to be Dr. Fatma Al-Boudi and Dr. Al-Sheikh. We're going to be talking in colloquial Arabic as well as classical. So Egyptian slang is going to be also our way to go in addition to classical Arabic. So let's be comfortable in our seats here. So Dr. Fatma is the director and the manager of the board of directors at the Dar al-Ain publishing, which won lately the Sheikh Zaid Book Award for publishing and technology. This is following what, this is what the award has mentioned about the Dar al-Ain publishing in Egypt. So quoting the Sheikh Zaid Book Award, Al-Ain publishing in Egypt is an independent publishing house that aims to provide knowledge to Arab readers in the fields of science, culture, and translation. Those who are managing the al-Ain publishing house try to know all what they can from the Arab world and the global scene as a whole, not just to publish quantity, but rather quality books. The book is considered an irreplaceable part of their strategy. They don't aim to gain financial gains, but rather to prepare the Arab person culturally in order to be in cope with the international knowledge scene. Al-Ain publishing house published in literature and scientific culture by supporting literature works and publishing significant high quality publishing. And they weren't just dependent on big names, but also provided opportunities to the creative youth. This is for Dr. Fatima and an Al-Ain publishing house. And now we're going to be moving on to introducing Dr. Khalil Al-Shaykh. Excuse me, going back and forth with my Arabic here. Dr. Khalil Al-Shaykh was a professor of literature and comparative literature at Al-Mukh University and as a member of the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Center, which looks after the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, the Abu Dhabi Book Fair, the Al-Ain Book Fair and many more important cultural projects. And he is the force, in my opinion, and many, he is the force behind many of Abu Dhabi's Arabic Language Center publications. And he is today in his capacity as a member of the judging committee. We have 60 to 75 minutes to discuss things with both of our guests. I'll start and then I'm going to ask our esteemed audience to ask through our Q&A window. So we'll begin with questions about the challenges that face the publishing industry in the Arab world. In particular, in the Arabic language. And we will think, talk about the vision and the mission, the readership, copyright, translation, and especially, we will be discussing science, translating science books and the transformations in the technology of the book and the challenges that they have on the Arabic publishing industry. I'll start with Dr. Fatima. I'll start with you. What would you kindly tell us about the vision behind you establishing the Dar al-Ain publishing house? I am very keen to know the factors that made you keen on natural sciences and to provide the youth with scientific literature that goes hand in hand with their linguistic capability. Dr. Fatima, the floor is yours. Good evening. It's my pleasure to be here with you. In truth, from my scientific background out, I studied medical analytics from Ayn Shams University. So science is the background that made my entire circle consisting of also a very highly knowledgeable academics. And they were complaining that there was no publisher that would accept publishing the books that they love and that they translate. So we're talking here about 25 years. 25 years ago, there were no copyright rules. So the translator was the one who would pick his topic of interest. And I would like here to focus on the importance that the translator would be well-learned and very cultured and encyclopedia on his own because these translators, they don't just translate in their fields, let's say agriculture or nuclear science, but they also knew back in the day that Arab translators used to know about literature and other fields. So having a broad spectrum really supports your work. So a number of my friends, including Tayyip Sarh, may God bless his soul, in my family, had someone working in printing. So I had a background. However, publishing is something and printing is of all different fields. But they noticed my passion, my interest in culture and knowledge and that I loved attending seminars. And this is all well ahead of me having or establishing the publishing house. I was interested in that domain. So I found out that this is such a good idea that through my scientific background, I can pick topics and titles that interest the Arab reader that is starving to get their hands on such works. And one of the things that I'm truly proud of when the Kalima projects took off and a number of their members came to visit Arab countries, including Cairo. So I was preparing Stephen Hawke's book for printing. So they told me, no, this is going to be published by Kalima together with Darul Ain. So this is one of the things that I'm so proud of. And I believe that my specialty in publishing and the widespread distributing scientific culture aided me in collaborating with Kalima and other projects in our country. And now we're going to be moving to Dr. Khalil. And I would like to ask him the following question. Since you are a member of the judgment committee of the Shakespeare book award, tell us kindly about the vision behind the publishing and technology branch of the award. Thank you very much, Ms. Wanshan. And I would like you all for this beautiful meeting. First of all, I'm not a member of the judgment committee, but rather a member of the scientific committee in the Shakespeare book award. However, the question that you have kindly asked is of extreme importance. I find it necessary to clarify that this award is one of many awards within the Shakespeare book award. So the literature branch and critics and arts, translation, the young author, the youth, Arabic culture in other cultures and other branches, including last but not least, publishing and technology category. Yeah, and the arts technology. And finally, checking manuscripts, which has been added this year, this category, as for what has to do with publishing and technology. This category, if we check the number of publishing houses that won or got this award, we would find out that the mission, or rather the mission of the Shakespeare book award is by bringing them to light. For example, one of the winning publishing houses was Brill Publishing House, which was the second publishing house that got the award following a Korean publishing house that is important in this field. The question here, what are the criteria of the award when it comes in this category? First, that the publishing house would have a cultural project. Meaning that it's not just a publishing, that it's not just a monetary focused publishing house that is seeking financial gains only, but rather they have a cultural project, a cultural mission to spread cultural knowledge. Second criteria is that the publishing house would respect the intellectual property that their books represent, whether they're authored directly or translated from other. And that the third criteria is that publishing house would not publish anything that would lead to hatred, meaning that the studies and the cultural works that are to be published by this publishing house should be discussing beauty and goodness. This is when it comes to books. And another criteria is that for them to take extreme care about books and their publishing projects should be, the books should be in the best way possible, well presented and the contains are well picked that is up to the level of our esteemed readers. And to the writer themselves, of course and to respect the rights of both the author and the translator based on contracts that respect both parties at the same time. And finally, the last criteria that the publishing house which represent civilized manner, civilized attitude that they just don't just want quantity but rather quality. So these are the number of criterias and the points that we put into consideration when we're talking about publishing because as you know, especially Dr. Fatima, she knows that the publishing industry is multifaceted and it's not just publishing or picking a book and publishing it and distributing it in the market but rather there's a number of criteria both in the way it's presented and it's contains in a way that represents the nature of the Arabic culture and the global culture. So it should represent a certain benchmarking level that can be measured, can be benchmarked against and can be defined and not just an amalgamation of scripts that don't have any critical vision or any creative perspective. With this vision, of course there are challenges, many challenges that you face. So let's discuss the common factors between you and Dr. Fatima, these common issues. So what are the challenges that publishers face in the lingual and cultural environment? The current one, especially when it comes to do, to the language level and the cultural level of the readers in the Arab world. For example, I had a student in high studies that was very interested in sciences and he always complained about the absence of translated scientific literature, both actually scientific literature, whether translated or not into Arabic. So there's a big issue or challenge that is facing Dr. Fatima on a daily basis. So let's discuss these points and these challenges. So first, what is the situation of the Arabic language in teaching humanities and science?  However, those who would study the scientific branch categories, medicine or even agriculture, for example, they might be utilizing Arabic language. So is there any impact on the readership and thus on publishing in Arabic? So should we start with Dr. Fatima? In truth, in our languages, in our countries, all the sciences are being taught in English. However, what's important in what has been stirred and mentioned by Dr. Halil and truly touches me that publishers are, should be by accumulation, not by quantity, as in by quality, they should cherry pick what they publish. I don't have anything that is out of question, as long as the topics can be discussed and communicate and the human mind can benefit from what's within these books. I believe that that's the right criteria to pick them. Another thing that I wanted to touch upon that books should be published without any language errors. Again, and I repeat that because sometimes we have a novel, a very beautiful novel, however, you cannot complete it due to so many grammar mistakes. So if the writer is weak in Arabic, the publisher should fix the situation. So no novel or any book published by our publishing house without it being fixed by the editor, by the Arabic language checker, as well as the editor. So your novel should not take or the book should not be too long and it should not be utilizing a weak language. So a lot of authors understood now and we tell them straightforward that in the West, each great author has their own editor, knows the way they write, their methodology, so the editor, so what we are telling them is that we are pro-U, we're not against you and they accept this suggestion. As for the Arabic language, it's such a vast topic and we have discussed this before, that Arabic language needs to develop even more so that we wouldn't continue studying science and agriculture because the Arabic language center in every language should be the one that is responsible for that. But however, I want to assure you here that the new generation, the upcoming generation, there's so, because they're learning in international schools, the family are so keen on bringing private Arabic language to tutors. So Arabic language is always gonna be in safe hands and in a safe place, regardless of the changing circumstances and times. So this is my answer. I hope that my answer was enough or do you want me to talk more? Let's listen to Dr. Khalil first and then I'll follow up with other questions. Dr. Khalil, yeah, because I have a number of other questions, please. And truth, Dr. Wan, your question, touches two parts. First, the humanities and the other one touches upon implemented sciences. And I know, and I believe that you do know that there's a difference between them in reality and in dealing with them and in publishing when it comes to humanities, the issue, relatively speaking, it's not that big, not that grave of an issue. There's a lot of publishing, or there's a lot of works of Arabic in humanities and a lot of translated works in philosophy, in literature, in history, in psychology and in knowledges, in humanities, generally speaking. So there are a lot of translated works that are available in the many publishing houses that are out there. And the issue here, the gap between Arabic language and the other languages, specific Western or rather European languages, when it comes to the humanities side, there isn't that big of a gap. The works, the gap is there. However, it's an acceptable gap. And it can be fixed by translated works. However, the issue that you have touched upon, the true issue here is the sciences, medicine, engineering, technology, generally speaking. So these sciences, we have an, there's an issue in translating their works and in teaching them. And I'll start with the teaching side first. Arabic universities, either they teach in Arabic or in French in North Africa, in the Arab migrant. So the students that seek knowledge in these universities, they learn their medicine, their engineering and their computing skills in European languages. And there are two opinions here. We have the linguists, some of them state that it's natural to teach in Arabic because most countries in the world teach in their own national languages and the other have another say and of another opinion that teaching these sciences in Arabic language mean that we are disconnected from the developments happening in Arabic or rather in European languages when it comes to these sciences. True. So, so far it seems that the second opinion has the upper hand when it comes to reality. So the teaching language is still mainly in European languages in those universities. So there's an issue here, as you have mentioned when it comes to publishing and translation. And I believe the issue here lies in the term itself. So when it comes to these sciences, we suffer from the term itself, which means that technological terminology that is used or utilized daily by the West are so many and requires to be translated into Arabic. It requires a long period to be translated, which means that it should be taught that it's being taught in the Arabic language in their Western terms a long time before the translated counterparts are included. So regardless, the project of transforming into Arabic language and transitioning into Arabic language, whether it's classical or not would require, it doesn't require a decision as some would assume, but to have the right infrastructure for Arabic language to be the teaching language. However, however, in order for Arabic to be a teaching language, a learning language, we have to start from somewhere. And how do we start? There are different opinions on how to start. Some point to the translations in Damascus University in the 1930s, in the 1930s, how they translated medicine and engineering. And also they point out to the American University in Beirut when they first started and the Syrian Angelical University where they started teaching in Arabic and then they moved into English, which means what I'm trying to say here that we suffer from a major issue when it comes to author writing and translating in pure sciences, true. And the reason is that there is a shortage in capable translators and in following up with what the West has come up with. However, the Kalima project may be those who follow up the Kalima project, they would find that the Kalima project had did immense effort in translating many sciences, not from dedicated or specialized books, but rather from the sciences that consider an infrastructure for general culture and knowledge. And I find that quite necessary. And the reason behind its necessity that we should have terminology that agreed upon common scientific terms, a lot of the terms or different terms are translated into various translations which would really into having complete chaos here. So we should organize this process and it should be under the wing of a scientific vision, a unified vision. So it's natural that people would have different views just like science have different views. However, we should be discussing this and we should be working in a unified spectrum or perception. Is Dr. Wen still with us? Do you have Dr. Fatima? Do you have any remarks and comments? And before that, can I add a question here? Is that, and because of what has Dr. Khalil has just mentioned, is that why you're so keen on publishing for children and the youth and the general readership? In truth, what has encouraged me to publish a scientific literature is exactly what has been mentioned by Dr. Khalil that we have books in the States and Europe, scientific books and we have such a gap and there is no two would disagree. There's such a gap between us and the West when it comes to sciences and scientific research and experiments and all what has to do with that. So in order for us to have our generation and to encourage youth to read is by having translated words. And that's why I keep on saying an aware publisher, an enlightened publisher should follow with all of the latest happenings and the upcoming books in the West and to help build the right intellectual infrastructure for our youth. I'm going to touch upon the language level for the youth, the children, especially for the diaspora because I teach at London University and I noticed that the youth, they are not interested in learning Arabic language in the way that we teach them like the Sabawai way, which like a medieval way of doing things, focusing on classical way of doing things and the classical literature, et cetera. So there is a gap between the previous generation and the youth and also between the humanities and the sciences and also a gap between all of them and humanities or social studies. So those who come to saw us, they don't like learning language with us. However, they like to use language on a daily basis. However, their language is a bit of, it's mixed with English. So they keep on jumping between Arabic and English in a single sentence. They keep on hopping between them. I've listened to you in YouTube, Dr. Fatima and I know that Dr. Khalil is quite keen on communicating with Arabs in the diaspora. So can we talk and discuss this a bit and its impact and effect on your visions on publishing and the cultural vision? Is this question to me or Dr. Khalil to both of you? Okay, the floor is yours. No, yours. Okay, thank you very much. Okay, so we have an issue that Arabic language is facing, whether it has to do, whether in diaspora or the Arab cultures themselves here in the Arab world. So let's call it a challenge, a challenge that has been created by social media. Social media, whether it's Facebook or Twitter or any other platform has created this type of language if we can call it so, Dr. Wenchen, which we call in Arabic, Arabish as in Arabic and English. They mix Arabic with English, for example. And create a language that is a mix of different types of Arabic, whether it's classical slang and Western languages like English as well, which of course, naturally speaking, would lead us to what you have kindly mentioned, that the old generation's linguistic skills and the youth linguistic skills. So how can we bridge the gap? So I want to touch upon a couple of things here. First, publishing in Arabic language, when it comes to children and youth books, still needs a lot of specialization and knowledge. Youth books, for example, children books are available. So anyone who wants to write in this field and this field should be the one that requires rules and regulations more than any other. And this category would require a mastery of your language. So to write to a child of seven years old is different from writing to a child that is 10 or 11 years old. So Arabic English books, generally speaking, are devoid of these criteria and regulations. And even the content is not being regulated. So the content should be presented. I'm not saying here that we should be delving extremely deeply here into research, but rather there should be social literature and social criteria established to ensure that the content is accurate and the language used is expressive and connected to the topic, combining both beauty and the message that we want to be delivered. And if we roll from children's literature and to youth literature, we would find things even more complicated. So in the Arab world, generally speaking, the youth read adult books. They don't have enough books in their category in this field, whether for novels or literature that is specifically addressed to them. There are books about them, but it's not for them. So we need specialized, well-enlightened works and the social side of things should not overpower the artistic side. And when it comes to, and that would help us improve their linguistic skills. However, and what's important, how can we attract youth to children's, or how can we attract the children to their category of books if there are not enough attractive attributes to them? The child, the student should be in love with the texts, because if we don't, and unfortunately, a lot of these works miss that. If we don't have passion, and a lot of works are dependent on passion. If we don't have passion, we don't have the vital aspect that attracts them to read it in the first place. And children's books or literature, there are no entities that regulate this field. And I see it in publishing houses. A lot of children's literature that is full of mistakes, it's full to the brim with linguistic errors. And the content as well. And the images are totally different from the type of the book. Even the linguistic skills and the linguistic images are different from the type of the content. With all of that being said, this is the Sheikh Zayed Book Award has dedicated a category for this field, this branch. And we are keen in this category to provide children's works that talk to their childhood to have the right criteria, linguistically speaking, scientifically and culturally. And for these works to refrain from being too focused on the social aspect, but rather to encourage the child on how to have critical thinking skills, how to communicate with the others without having a scholarly message per se or a teaching message, but rather how to encourage them to learn themselves. As for the Arab diasporas, the issue here has another dimension, a quality dimension. So we have an Arab child that lives in an English or French speaking society. So of course it's natural for them to learn in those languages. And Arabic becomes a secondary language for them and not their mother tongue and thus issues come up when they're dealing with their Arabic language. However, I do believe that there are positive aspects to this. So I saw children or rather students, non-Arab students that have graduated from European and American universities that speak fluent Arabic. They write in fluent Arabic. Of course, there's not so many of them. However, with that being said, this rules that this language is teachable and they can write in it if someone puts their mind to it and find the right way to learn it. And they're truly willing to spend a lot of time and effort to learn these languages. And any language would not be learned without exerting a lot of effort into it, believing and learning it. Nothing comes easy. You have to spend time and effort to learn. Dr. Fatima, what is your opinion? I see that children in today's world, they gain their information and their culture, most of them from the internet, from the web and from scientific documentaries on the web. And their passion, their interest in books is diminishing, especially with the, and Dr. Khalil has touched upon on children of the diaspora that they speak other languages and Arabic becomes a secondary language for them. What I tell you, and I said it before that in most Arabic countries, the international schooling is in English or French or other languages. It became mainstream on widespread. So Arabic language became a foreigner in its own homeland. And with that being said, however, there's not, with that being said, or in addition to that, there is not enough effort exerted in publishing a modern, beautiful children's book. We're talking today about interactive books that is becoming more mainstream in the West while we are still, we are still at a whole different stage here. And you know, Dr. Khalil, when you visit book fairs, all the latest happening. So we should cherry pick publishers and we should not just give up on this is the current situation. We should just accept whatever is thrown at us. No. And I believe Dr. Khalil has his own technique in filtering things out or publishers out because this is what is being presented to our children. We see many children coming with their parents and their parents are truly passionate that their children would learn the Arabic language. In addition to their foreign teaching, they want their children to learn their mother tongue Arabic. So they're trying to find books and works that would achieve this goal. And unfortunately, there aren't many or there aren't even any. I have my own, it's not an inquiry but rather the youth is becoming such a loose term back in our day from 12 to 16, that's youth. But now their knowledge exceeds by a massive link. A lot of adults due to technological advancements and cultural advancements and knowledge advancements that are presented in today's world. So together with Dr. Khalil, we should find another term to name this category and not the youth anymore. The youth now, you cannot really define it. So in your opinion, we should decide age groups in a more accurate manner when we refer to them. Absolutely. The youth, children are from up to 10 years old have two categories, pre and post kindergarten. So post kindergarten, they become 10 years old and they know more knowledge and they have more information than things that we used to know back in our day in the Arab world. And they know their more technology tech savvy than we are. They are living in a developed world. So when I write a book for them and I keep discussing all stories, we should take into consideration, in my opinion, that the youth, we should find a solution in dealing with them and addressing them, Dr. Khalil, because this age category became much more mature from back in our days and what we imagined. And they read so many, in so many categories, they have a different perspective and different knowledge. And some of them know or are quite masterful of foreign languages, especially technical languages or tech centered languages. We find the new generation from a young age and they are using iPhones, cell phones, iPads and they can even make their own video clips. They can direct their own videos. So I find that there's a third gap between the linguistic language and the knowledge level when it comes to technology and being tech savvy. Does that lead to another challenge for publishers, Dr. Fatima? This is exactly it. So we're trying to transition from paper to digitization. So it's not just digital stuff. No. There's an interactive book now and another important book that we are, that we should be very focused on, that we should be focused on interactive books because they're so important, which of course that would require immense resources and capabilities. And as you know, if we want to utilize a musical note, we should get their copyrights and also a painting from an artist, we also should get the copyrights. However, I believe with time and as you know, technology when it comes first into people's hands, it's quite expensive. However, with time being utilized and it's being more and more generalized and open to the public and available, the costs lower. So we should consider how we should publish interactive books. And I do have a friend, an Egyptian friend that is focused on youth books and she finally issued an interactive book because this is all owned by her. This is her own IP. This is her own writing, this her own book and even the illustrations, she agreed on it herself with an illustrator. So we're going to deal with her as me and her on a number of interactive books. Okay, so let's discuss a bit about the impact of technological advancements on copyrights issues. For example, so there's a lot of thefts and forgery and copyright issues. So how does publishing houses deal with these issues or these challenges? God willing, I trust you and me in SLAM. We cannot do anything, we're helpless, right? Dr. Khalid, just a short while ago or not long ago, there was an Arab fair or a fair book in Berlin for Arabic books and they were shocked by the number of forged works that have been sent to Europe because there is no real penalties. So they forge books, they steal copyrights and they send them and I'm discussing with Arabic publishing houses to have a convention to discuss this phenomenon. So once there's a book, it's hacked digitally into a PDF format and we have no legal, there is no legal input here by the different authorities. They have no no legislation, no legislative power here. This is such an issue. And of course, this is an issue for the writers, for the publishers and we lose so much money here. This is one of the challenges that we face in publishing. The other challenge in distributing it in the Arab world, let's say, this is such an immense issue for a book from Algeria to be available in UAE or in Emirati bookstores. There's an issue when it comes to taxes and customs and other issues and thank goodness and even control and censorship. So thank goodness I was able to succeed quite a lot in publishing and in delivering culture. I have published for every Arab nationality from North Africa, the Arab Maghrib from Algeria, Maghrib or Morocco, Tunisia to the UAE to Kuwait. So these books, I bring them together with me in all book fairs. Of course, and as you know, Dr. Khalil, there is no censorship. Things are moved easier with, if it wasn't for that, if it wasn't for all of these facilitations, our books would be in a pretty sorry state. Dr. Khalil, do you have any comment? I'm not an expert in publishing. I'm not specialized in this field. However, and if you would allow me to have a different approach here, a different perspective, which is the making of the book itself. The book industry is not an individual task, but rather it's a community. Yeah, it's a community one and a collaborative effort. So collective effort. When publishing houses had different, they're quite different in their criteria and their capabilities than chaos ensure. So there are publishing houses that have straight ethical criteria and others that hack and steal and forge whatever they like. In my opinion, we should have an ethical doctrine of honor between publishers because the publishers are the ones that are in control of this aspect.  And to come out of this, of the small perspective and the financial gains and the me only perspective into delivering cultural knowledge and working together. And as has Dr. Na Fatima has gracefully mentioned, the printing aspect, a printing can be done by anyone. It's an easy thing to go anywhere and to print. However, publishing is a whole different game. It's so important. It starts with the writer and the publishing house has to read the text to edit it and to rewrite it if it was linguistically weak. And then also there's the scientific aspect and dimension and to ensure that the copyrights, if it was a translated work and also to ensure that there is a creative dimension. So publishing houses are the ones that are responsible for that big time in the Arab world. Because it's easy for you to take your work to a publishing house. And unfortunately books come in and go out without have any editing, without any amendments or any fixes to their issues which would lead unfortunately to chaos in the publishing domain and to having disparities in the quality. The same book, for example, five times have been translated, the same exact work translated five times in the Arab world. And you would find it translated from a language, translated from French in Morocco and then from Egypt translated from English. So you would have the same language translated several times whether from its mother language or from other translated works.  Who's responsible for that? I believe some important centers in this field since we are one of them, we face chaos in translated works and other aspects and all of that would require honestly in control. And who's controlling this is not necessarily the country itself, the government but publishing houses should have their own input here. So we should work on this, but unfortunately because a lot of publishing houses just look to gain an easy buck. So they debutify books and that's how it is. I would like to add Dr. Khalil that sometimes the first translated work when it's translated from its foreign language, it's translated beautifully because usually back in the day translated were translated were usually quite, knowledgeable and they took things quite seriously. And because a novel has no copyrights, for example, is translated as Dr. Khalil has mentioned in three, four up to 10 publishing houses. Very weak translation. And I could almost swear that they used applications like Google Translator and others like really bad translation. This is all about translation. This is all conducted by small publishing houses as Dr. Khalil has said, just because they want a fast gain, quick money. And this is due to, there are so many book fairs and exhibitions because they want to come to keep on hopping between different book fairs to sell because one of the biggest challenges for publishing and distribution is the distribution itself, the publisher outside the Arab world is focused on their main interest is to publish the right book and easy to read book with no grammatical errors and then to take it to the distributor. So we have a field called distribution. So this guy, this profession is called distribution and the distributor knows where to take the book and the Arab world, the publisher is the publisher and the distributor and the PR as well as the one who is having the copyrights. So we work in extremely difficult circumstances and we hope that we raise up with the publishing industry in the Arab world to reach the global level and we did achieve milestones. However, we don't have the capabilities and the regulations of the West. We don't have institutes that teach distributors. We don't teach that in our institutions. In slang, we say, is anyone who wants to become a distributor can just wake up one day and become a distributor. Can I add something? Please, Dr. Khalid. Let's keep things a bit positive so that we don't see everything in doom and gloom. The Shakespeare book award is an award, has an award for the translation category and it has a grant. This grant translates the winning effort, the winning books into other languages and we have translated a quite a respectable number of award-winning books into many other languages into English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and many other languages like Russian and others. And this work is truly being done on a very high level of professionalism. So we give it to publishing houses that have good reputation in the West and here and the translation is being reviewed and then it reaches a very high level of translation. And these translations truly have reached a very high level and they have very good reception. I'm talking about something different, the opposite, Dr. Khalid. Yeah, I know, dear. As for the Kalima project, it has translated more than a thousand books so far and I would like to point out two things here. First, there isn't a book that hasn't been translated from its original language. We haven't translated a single book from a secondary language. Of course it's known, of course that's one. Secondly, the translators we have now, we have a network of translators of over 500 translators and they are a network and a basis, an infrastructure for translating in Kalima project and they're paid good subs and these translators, translations are being reviewed. In addition, a book that is published by Kalima project goes head to head with the best of them from the West. So you can set a Western or European book or an American one and compare it to our print, our copies and you would find us of the same level. This is all of this effort to bring to the Arab readership a book that is up to their expectations that respects them. You have pointed out to the technological advancement and I do totally agree with you that digital books, electronic books and those that utilize AI, they're becoming more and more widespread. However, what I keep on saying from what I have learned, there is a linguistic aspect we should refrain when we utilize the technology and choose it, we should set Arabic language as our main focus because if we don't have a beautiful language of a creative nature then all of our creative effort goes to waste. Dr. Fatima, the last word is yours. Thank you. I do agree with Dr. Khalil. Excuse me, just one second if you please. I apologize because I'm Ramallah in an exhibition. So I took from my time to be with you. So hello, can you hear me? Yes, we can hear you. You can hear me? Great. So I do agree with Dr. Khalil that the beauty of the language used and the texts are very important and that's why I said at the beginning that some translations, some important translated works, those that are being, it has been re-translated badly because of publishing houses. Why? You have a beautiful translation. Why should you redo it? And I wish that you were doing a better job and doctor here. And I'm talking here generally speaking about publishing houses. Of course, Kalima Project has filtered and truth. It set important pillars and cornerstones that publishing houses should be keen on copyright and have all the criteria to be a respectful publishing house. However, the Kalima Project alone would not cover the entire needs of the Arab world. I'm talking here generally speaking from a broader aspect that generally speaking, this is what happens. However, thank goodness that we have projects that are of the highest level and encourage other countries to follow suit and translation is quite important. And what's even more important than translating works that we should preserve the quality of the language. I feel so upset from publishing houses that give grants to translators because grants is a double-edged sword. It's a sword with the good publisher. It would encourage them to pick up important topics and in translations and copyrights. But at the same time, a weak publisher would take it as an excuse. And by the way, I'm not here trying to paint a dark picture or painting. I'm just talking here from reality and talking for the general good for the public interest here. I really hope that they should, as in the grant, the grantors, they should check who publishing houses are going to get this grant because we have publishing houses that have been established just to have a hold to have a chance at the grants. And I noticed that translators in Arabic language or in English, they are in a fix. Yeah, they have, they need to be organized just like others. Doctors, they require knowledge and culture. I've worked with books that have been translated by Dr. Ahmed Mustaghiyar by the cream of the cream in translation, Dr. Mustafa Fahmi. Name them. Well-known names, Dr. Ahmed Sokhli, Dr. Fatahullah Sheikh, all of them are scholars and they have a well-established and actually their love for passion, their passion for knowledge has pushed them forward to do these translated works and their passion to deliver this work to our Arab readership is the one that is pushing them forward or has pushed them to do this, to discuss things and to find the right term. However, in today's world, they're using Google Translate. But guess what? We know who you are and we know what kind of tricks you're doing. We have a few questions from our esteemed audience. Let me read them out for you and prepare yourselves for the answers. So the first question, my question is about the issue, the future of the Arab book in this digitized times. This is a question by Dr. Mohamed, a professor in Muhammad bin Zayed Humanitarian University. Another question, do you believe the absence of a well-studied plan in picking translated works in the Arab world is the reason why publishers have an issue in having a quality quantity leap in bringing forth a better level of translation that goes with the quality that readership wants. Another question, social media language is keeping away from Arabic language, reference from using Arabic language. And most of them prefer digital books, e-books, if they do want to read. So how did publishing houses faced the easiness of getting your hand on a digital work compared to a conventional one? Youth or children literature and the UNESCO is focused on the multi-linguistic aspect. So how can we establish this deep sense of pride in our Arabic youth and their works in the works that are done in the Arabic language. Arabic publishing house, Jareer and others are competing in publishing translated works. So where is the convergence in the Arab world? And what is the governmental entities, what is their role in unifying the efforts? Why isn't there a single entity that is focused on that? So we have so much advancement. Should I start with Dr. Fatima, if you allow me, because I have a meeting waiting for me. Okay, we truly started in producing digital books and we have platforms in which we showcase these books on them. And we have people from all over the world that are reading in Arabic on them. And quite soon we'll have our own publishing house platform to showcase our own works as for publishing houses and competing for translated works, because the publishers find that translated works have more credibility than original works. Some publishing houses come up with very respectful books, respectful works and topics, which I mean by that, useful scientific topics. And some publishers, as I have touched upon before, they take the easy route. No one tells the publisher what should you publish or not. We don't have such criteria. At the end of the day, the judgment is up to the readership. The other question I think I believe was about childhood. This is a good remark. I believe most publishing houses are dependent or children or youth publishing houses are focused on digitized work. However, there are certain topics that are being controlled. So let's say we get a book that let's say it's about swimming lessons. However, the children are wearing their entire attire and not swimwear. And that's happens. It's a weird approach. So, however, doing that, sure, the reader can leave this book and pick another. However, doing this damage, the damage is done. I am so happy that I had the chance and the honor to be here with you in this meeting. I was hoping, I wish that I was in Cairo in my own home with you or rather in Cairo with you. And not in Ramallah at a book fair. However, again, Dr. Khaled, I was so honored to meet you here. And Dr. Wen, excuse me here if you would allow me. Thank you. Please go ahead and thank you very much for being here. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. God bless you. Bye bye. Godspeed. Dr. Khaled, do you have any remark or comments? Yeah, quickly speaking, if you please. Five or six questions, however, answering all of them require a long time. However, we can categorize them into a number of categories. One that has to do with technology and the other with content and another that touches upon publishing. So three categories here. I'm one of those that believe in the digital books or sound books, voice books are not a hindrance. They're not competing with with traditional books. I believe that they complement one another. There is no harm in reading paper books or digital ones or to hear them audio books. So as long as the reading is going on, that's that's our goal. However, naturally speaking, paper books are still dominating the field. However, I'm sure publishing houses that we complain that there are digital forms now. However, publishing houses are still printing books in paper books in their millions. And they're still the traditional book is still dominate the cultural scene. And I to me, complaining to me, it's just like coming up with an issue where there is none. So all of these efforts, they strengthen and backup reading. It does not destroy them. So these are all all roads lead to Rome, basically, as for children literature. I do agree with the question here. There is a disparity in knowledge. And yes, there are many Arabic works that are translated in a way that seems as if it's addressed to children. While it's been taken from Western European books and is tailored to the Arabic content. There's no issue here. No harm here. However, it should be said that this is a work that has been taken from a different work and that we have adapted it to the Arabic content. So, so we should adapt the work to the environment that we are addressing. And we should consider it a kind of others literature or culture, as for what's going on in the Arab world when it comes to publishing. This is a vast topic. And in its issue, it's extremely hard for anyone to regulate it. If it wasn't, and I do believe that it's left to the publishers themselves to regulate it amongst themselves. And maybe together with the government to come up with a with a better industry in which we have the book industry. In which the book is a true work of creativity of innovation. And we wouldn't just take from others, but we would also deliver our own accurate works, honest works, and the translator would be the right person to translate these works. This, we should regulate a lot of the characters that is happening so that would all would end up in the same or in the right manner. Thank you so very much. Thank you for this final word. And which we can end this session unless we have other quick questions. Shall we sort of end this and say good night and thank you so much Dr Khalil and Dr Fatima who's gone to her other commitments. So thank you so much for coming. And I'll see you hopefully on Thursday the 12th of October next month at 3pm UK time or London time. Until next time. Thank you so much Dr Khalil and see you soon.


Masha'Allah means, as God wills, and it's what we say, beseeching God, passionately petitioning God to protect Thomas, and to protect Thomas' family. And so we all say that, asking God to imbue blessings in everything that Thomas does, every step of the journey, in his career, in his education, in his family, and otherwise. And I want to tell you, and Lynn, and Uncle Richard, and Lucy, that if Thomas does this Islam thing right, then you will see him to be a better son and a better brother. And if you don't see him to be a better son and a better brother, come tell me. And if you see anything weird, then he's not doing Islam correctly. I'm serious, I mean that, because you can be a beautiful Muslim and a beautiful American, and it's very possible, right? And so anything that you see, Thomas hopefully is a man of judgment, a good character, and wisdom, you can have that, and we're here to facilitate, because we are part of a human family, and we only want you to be a happier mother, and for you to be a happier father, and a happier sister. And we mean that. And that's real. We want happiness for all of you. And so this is an anonymous moment.  And this is a moment that's very simple. Thomas has studied Islam. He knows what this moment means. He knows that he's affirming in his heart that there is no God worthy, no one worthy of worship except Allah, which is the Arabic word for God, and that the final messenger that God sent to us, Muhammad, peace be upon him. And so we're going to say it in English, and in Arabic, and then some of it, and then get some later, because we haven't eaten for 16 hours. Good time to take your Shahada. Start the fast. But step by step, this is a coming to Islam. It's not an effect. It's a process. It's not a sprint. It's a marathon.  Hopefully, you'll play some music on the side while you're learning that marathon, and make a beautiful journey. Amin. Amin. Any questions? Anything? Any comments? If that's okay. Well, Richard says he already sees the positive things that his son has brought to his life. Long live Allah. Repeat after me. I'll do it in English. I'll do it in Arabic three times. I bear witness, and I testify, that there is no one worthy of worship except Allah. Except Allah. It's the final messenger of Allah. I bear witness, that there is no one worthy of worship except God. It's the final messenger of God. Now in Arabic, Ashhadu, An-la, ilaha, illallah. I bear witness, that there is no one worthy of worship except God. I bear witness, that there is no one worthy of worship except God. I bear witness, that there is no one worthy of worship except God. I bear witness, that there is no one worthy of worship except God. I bear witness, that there is no one worthy of worship except God. I bear witness, that there is no one worthy of worship except God. I bear witness, that there is no one worthy of worship except God. I bear witness, that there is no one worthy of worship except God. I bear witness, that there is no one worthy of worship except God. I bear witness, that there is no one worthy of worship except God. I bear witness, that there is no one worthy of worship except God. I bear witness, that there is no one worthy of worship except God. I bear witness, that there is no one worthy of worship except God. the third time. Ashhadu. Alla. Ilaha. Ilallah. Wa Ashhadu. Anna. Muhammadan. Rasulullah. Allahu Akbar. Allah. Bless his family. Bless his mother. Bless his wife. Amen. To grant him wisdom. To gift him with wisdom. We thank you for the enormous blessings and endless numerous blessings that we have. We ask you to continue to shower with some blessings. We ask you to make time as a saint and a scholar. It's a blessing in every aspect of his life. It's a surrounded with good people and beautiful people. And we ask you that Allah to gather all of us in your heaven. We know that your heaven is real. We know that you are real. No matter what anyone says. No matter which way we acknowledge your existence and the reality of your being. And you are the one and the only God and the one and the only Creator. And we ask you to gather all of us in your heaven without judgment. Amen. And we conclude with the recitation of the first chapter of the Qur'an. Together I will read the Qur'an. I believe that the time is right. It's the same thing. I'm Richard. I'm Lin. Lucy. As you wish. No one has to worry. No one has to worry. I'll just be short. I want to thank everyone here for sharing this moment. Really special. I just want to remind you that at this moment we believe that if you are committed to any sin and mistake you have completed everything like the day you were born and this is a special moment we ask you to agree for. Thank you everyone. Enjoy your meal.


our first preview show of the new season. Chris Temple is back alongside me as we look forward to the start of the Premier League. Here's what's coming up today. We'll be looking back at the Cherries in pre-season and discuss some of their games they've been playing. We'll also be looking at the five new additions to Eddie House squad. And finally, we'll be looking ahead to the season opener against Sheffield United tomorrow. Well, we're gonna start by looking back at the pre-season schedule, but before we do all of that, it's good to be back, isn't it, Chris? It is good to be back. We've lost a very sort of Bournemouth summer weather here going on behind us. Hopefully it'll be like this tomorrow as well. And it is good to be back pre-season. It can always feel a little bit long because everyone just wants to get going in the Premier League, but it's been an important pre-season for a number of reasons. But yes, it feels like only yesterday I was stood next to you, though. To be honest with you. Well, this time last week, we were playing Lazio and Lyon in a double header, and that Lyon result was something that was quite impressive, wasn't it? Yeah, obviously, the game the night before against Lazio was probably a few too many goals for Eddie House-like it. We know he'd rather have a gritty 1-0 than a 4-3, but yeah, Lyon performance is really good. Some notable names in their team. Interesting that the way Eddie formed is too playing 11s as well in terms of a couple of partnerships that he put in the same team, which was interesting to see going forward and how he may shape his Premier League team as well. But I mean, the strikers have been going well. Even the games before that as well. Callum Wilson's been in the goals. Dominic Selanke's been in the goals, which is useful as well. Ryan Fraser obviously has been in the goals. Even Jack Stacey popped up with an absolute belter, of course, in those games as well. So yeah, I think all in all, two useful exercises. I do like the Friday, Saturday playing two strong teams rather than, you know, one game where people maybe get 40, 50, 60 minutes. I like the way they do it. If you can attract two quality opponents like Lazio and Lyon here, I think that's a good way to do it. And that's something that he's done every season, really. We've had the two at home last week and then the two away the week before. It just allows the squad to get minutes in the tank. Yeah, and I think you also need to make sure you're mixing in some English teams as well in there because obviously, you know, playing Lazio and Lyon is great, but that's not necessarily what you're going to face in terms of style and everything else in the Premier League. So I think it's important to go and get some minutes away from home, away from your home comforts, if you like, as well. So yeah, the Brentford trip and obviously the West Brom trip before that as well. And obviously the preseason tour as well to Spain was, yeah, all really, really useful and seems to have put the squad in a good place going into the league. Talking of a good place, you mentioned Dominic Solange. He's had two goals in preseason and I know they are just friendlies, but that will do wonders for his confidence, won't it? Absolutely, because he had a couple of chances last year that he probably should have taken in the league and he should have his Bournemouth League account open by now already. So yeah, and obviously, you know, more and more attacking competition this season, not necessarily out and out strikers like Dominic Solange is, but with the Harry Wilson's and the Dan Jumas and others coming in, the competition around that sort of front four, if you like, is increasing. It may change Eddie's shape the way he wants to play, depending on who he's trying to get into the team in certain games. So yeah, for Solange, that's a huge confidence boost. The next one for him now is to take one of those chances when it comes in a big game on a Saturday. And speaking of strikers, Callum Wilson, he's got three goals in preseason and he looks in a good position, doesn't he? Yeah, Wilson and King both look pretty sharp, actually, which is a real good place to be, I think, over the summer. Obviously, both of them played international football over the summer, so had an extended season, if you like, and have ended up having a little bit of a break, but seem to have come back fit and firing. I hope we're not sort of talking in February or March that the summer's catching up with them, if you like. Here now they should be sharp, they should be fit. That goes for a number of players, Ryan Fraser, David Brooks obviously, played international, then got injured. Even Harry Wilson has played international for Wales as well, so has had a short break. Nathan Ackay, a lot of players have had a... Jeffers and Lermer have had a long, long summer, but seem to be fit and firing and ready to go, and hopefully, as I say, that won't catch up with them later in the season. And last weekend, as we said, we had two fixtures. Now, all four goalkeepers got 45 minutes, so it's a complete lottery as to who's going to play tomorrow, isn't it? It's got to be the most competitive spot in the team at the moment. I mean, three of the four played last season, even within the space of the last month of the season, I think three of them played. Ramsdale obviously did great at Wimbledon, hasn't conceded in pre-season, he's played the equivalent of two-four games, hasn't conceded in pre-season. It's very, very difficult to know which way he'll go. I did our speech in this morning and say, would he have any hesitation in playing one of his young keepers from the start of the season when the pressure is on? Because, let's be honest, Mark Travers did brilliantly in the Tottenham game. Palace game wasn't as comfortable for him, but those two games at the end of the season, safety was secured, there wasn't really any heat on them. Every game from the start of the season has a different type of heat on it, so do you throw a Ramsdale or a Travers in there? Because if you do, they will make mistakes and you'll have to ride with it and you'll have to put it down to their experience. Because I don't think you can chop and change as much as they did last season. Azmi Begavic found it difficult, eventually got the chop. I would say he's, I mean, I don't know, I would say he's the least likely to play. This may come back to bite me in the face. But for me, I think it will be between Borich and Ramsdale. I think they're the two, I reckon. I'm not sure which way round, but if you made me bet now, so I would go Borich and Ramsdale will be the two in the 18. Well, we'll play this back next week if you're not right. If they're nowhere near the 18, yeah. And we're going to come on to injuries a bit later on, but last week it was great to see Steve Cook and Charlie Daniels back out on the pitch. Yeah, Charlie Daniels particularly, I think that was a bad injury at the back end of last season. Steve Cook, I think that's going to be one he's going to have to manage. I think that's, it's the same problem. I don't think it's going to go away. Hopefully, without rushing himself too much early season, he can manage his way through. Hopefully, again, with Chris Meppermann and Jack Simpson gaining a bit more experience, because that's the one area that Charlie didn't really strengthen in terms of, I mean, Lloyd Kelly is a left-sided sort of defender, so can play centre half, but obviously he's going to be out for, you know, a few weeks yet. So early in the season, the cover is Meppermann, Simpson really alongside Nathan Ackay. So there may be that Steve Cook can't play every game, but he'll be the, well, you presume he'll be the captain. I mean, there were so many captains last year as well, that I'm not sure who gets the armband, but particularly if Steve Cook doesn't play, I've got no idea who gets the armband. But yeah, hopefully, fingers crossed, Steve Cook will be OK. Well, someone who we haven't seen yet is new signing Harry Wilson, and he spoke to AFCB TV earlier the week following his loan move. Harry, welcome to AFC Bournemouth. How does it feel to be here? Yeah, it feels great, great to be here. It feels great to finally get in the building, get all the stuff sorted, and I'm looking forward to meeting the lads and getting going. And we've all seen the rumours and the links over the last 24 hours, but what's it been like from your point of view, and how did the loan move come about? Yeah, it's come across quite quickly, really. Went into train yesterday, and that was when I first got told about it. So when Liverpool informed me that it was a possibility, I was really keen to get it sorted. I want to be playing Premier League football, and to be doing it in a great team, like Bournemouth, the style of play they like to play, I feel I can fit right in here and help the team a lot. So yeah, I was desperate to get it sorted, and it all happened quite quickly, and now I'm here.  What are your first impressions of the club? Yeah, brilliant. I think the pitch is fantastic. I've never actually been here before. I like how intimate the stadium is. I feel the atmosphere when it gets going will be great. But yeah, like you said, I was just delighted to be in the building, get all the medical out of the way, and now I'm really looking forward to getting training tomorrow with the lads. And how much of an influence was Eddie Howe on you coming here for the season? Yeah, he was massive. I spoke on the phone with him yesterday, and the things he was saying to me were brilliant, the way things I can fit into his style of play, and the way he helps and breeds young players that would be fantastic for myself. So yeah, to speak with him was great, and yeah, he was a big part of making my decision easier. Well, that was Harry Wilson speaking to AFCB TV. He certainly looks an exciting prospect, doesn't he, Chris? 18 goals in all competitions with Derby last year. Yeah, what a coup to get him, I think. I mean, I'm sure the David Brooks situation accelerated that one through. It came around very quickly from all accounts. This time last week, I don't think including the move was happening. So, yeah, he spoke to Eddie the first time. I think the day before the move was completed. But yeah, I mean, he caught the eye on the championship last year. A couple of great goals, not at least than that, free kick at Manchester United in the cup. Yeah, number of goals he contributed. He says he prefers to play off the right and come in on his left foot, which basically makes him a like for like for David Brooks really, in the way that the team shapes up. A number of assists as well. I think he'll, you know, full Welsh international. I think he'll prove a real, real asset. The one thing that I hadn't noticed till I started doing a bit of research for the game this weekend, he got 13 yellow cards last season, which I mean, Jefferson Lerner, I've said, if you want to battle Jefferson Lerner for the most yellow cards, that is going to be some contest. But he did put it down to the fact he played a few games in central midfield for Derby and mistimed a few tackles last year. But he was surprised to hear it was 13. But so that's the side of his game, maybe that, you know, at least we see he's a bit of a competitor. But yeah, no, he's really, really exciting. And as we were talking about earlier on, he'll have to have H. Wilson on the back of his shirt because Callum Wilson, I'm pretty sure, will claim the seniority on the shirt name for sure. He certainly will. And one thing he said in his interview with AFCB TV was that he already knows a few familiar faces, Chris Mepper, you know, it's David Bricks and Dominic Slanky, Jordan Ibe from Liverpool. So for him, that will really help him settle in, won't it? I think that's a big thing as well because not just settling into the club and introducing you to people and, you know, having people who are on your wavelength, but also just the area. And you forget, you know, moving from Liverpool via Derby and Harlem, various other places. Down here, it's completely different. I mean, living in Bournemouth, particularly when the weather's like this, is a lot different to living in, for example, Hull. Although Hull could be nice. So yeah, I think that's a real, real big thing for it in terms of enabling him to settle in. And as we're recording this Friday morning, he's only had one day's training yesterday with the lads. So today was his second day ahead of the game tomorrow. But yeah, really useful to have him happen. And I think from all accounts, I saw a bit of banter in the training ground this morning. So I think he seems to be settling in pretty well. And Eddie Howes also brought in a couple of other young British players. We've got Jack Stacey and Lloyd Kelly as well.  Simon Francis and Charlie Daniels, for example, who've been the first choice fallbacks for a long time. Of course, Adam Smith has sort of taken over since Simon Francis has been injured and, you know, flipped flopped with him before that. But that's long-term views. They're long-term signings because Francis and Daniels are both the wrong side of 30 now. You'll get there one day, though, don't worry. The rest of us are off the end of the cliff already. But yeah, so the long-term view. So Lloyd Kelly, yes, he's injured for six weeks now, but he's here for the next four or five years, hopefully at least. And Jack Stacey, I mean, everything I hear about Jack Stacey is really exciting. Whether he's ready to fly straight into the Premier League, I'm not sure. Again, his choice is to be made there. Rico at left back, Smith at right back, Smith at left back, Stacey at right back. I mean, the fans have seen a little bit of Jack Stacey already. He runs all day, apparently, up and down the right flank. Just keeps going. So I'm really excited to see him and how he adapts from League One last season to the Premier League because that is a big jump. Well, someone who does have Premier League experiences is fellow new signing, Philip Billing. And what do you make of him? He played well here last year against Huddersfield. Yeah, I've liked him when I've seen of him. He's, again, what a presence. Six foot four central midfield. You don't get many of them. So extra height from set pieces because the Cherries aren't the biggest team.  And when Simon Francis hasn't been in the team, which has been quite a lot recently, the Cherries have noticed that his lack of height. So yeah, from that point of view, excellent lack of extra height. Him and Lerma, look, no, a nice little partnership together. Billing is up and down as well. So while Lerma can sit a little bit, Billing will get box to box. And I do remember him playing well for Huddersfield. Was there a player of the year last year? Fell out of favour a little bit towards the end. I don't think he's alright or why with their new manager too well. He's only been training with the under-17s and 19s in pre-season. So whether he is fit enough to start tomorrow, we saw a little bit of him here in the friendly last week. He would be the one who maybe is a little bit short of minutes from what I can gather. So he may well start, but probably wouldn't last the game. But yeah, good signing, great signing. And one thing with him is it's worth remembering that he went away in the under-21 Euros with Denmark as well. So he hasn't had much for summer either. Yeah, so maybe a little bit of residual fitness still there from that sort of longer season possibly. So maybe that would help, because a lot of the players who have played through the summer have commented on how they're still sharp rather than the fact they're knackered, basically. So yeah, maybe hopefully with Phil Billing, that will carry over and he may be as fitter than we realise. And we've just spoken about Harry Wilson playing out on the wing, but Dan Duma, he provides another option as well. And someone that Bournemouth fans might not know too much about. Yeah, the other thing I've done this morning is to clarify exactly how to say his name, because that's important for a commentator. The man I asked was, the next best thing to ask him was to ask Nathan Acke, who by the way is not Nathan Acke as Dan. Nathan Acke couldn't believe that Dan Duma had said that. It is definitely Acke, not Acke. But it's Arnold, Arnold with a T on the end. Arnold to Dan Duma, that is how to say it. And again, from what I've seen, and I haven't seen too much, looks exciting. Looks like he's got pace and power, can play on both flanks. He's obviously already played a game for Bruge this season as well, so he's going to be sharp. So yeah, I think it will be between him and Harry Wilson to play on the right, whichever one doesn't play. What a great option to have on the bench. And as I said to the manager this morning, what they seem to have done this season is clear out, and I don't want to say dead, because that's disrespectful, but clear out some of the fringe players, maybe some of those who wouldn't have been troubling the 11 last year, you think of Mark Pugh, what a great player down the years. But in the last couple of seasons, he hasn't been a realistic starting option, least to say the same. People like Conor Mahoney, obviously, who's done great on loan elsewhere and has decided to move on now. Tyrone Mings, those players, haven't really been starting 11 options. What they've got in replacement of those guys are guys who can play in the 11 and will be head-scratchers for any how. And you think of the guys that aren't even fit yet, Stanislaus, Lewis Cook, these guys, who are going to be coming back as well. So the 11 looks much more competitive. And you mentioned there, I was going to bring it up myself. Dan Jume, he's already played a game for Club Bruise, which is massive, as much fitness is going to be, should be perfect. Yeah, and obviously he needed a bit of time to get himself settled in, played a little bit last week, but he'll have benefited from a four-week's training as well, because I think everything's a bit hectic for him when he first signed and travelled over from Europe and everything. So yeah, I think he could be one we're talking about by the end of the season, definitely. Absolutely. Well, our attention now turns to tomorrow's game against Sheffield United. And here's a look at what Eddie Howe had to say in his pre-match press conference. Enjoyed the summer from that perspective. The training was good. The game's good tests, different challenges that they pose, tactically, the players that we've signed, we hope do really well for us. The players we let go, we wish them all the best. But in the main, well-backed and well-supported, I think it's a real team effort here. I think congratulations to everybody on the effort they gave to try and get the best squad that we could together. The whole squad in general has come back with a very good mindset. I think that's the most important thing. The long termers, I won't name them all, the long termers are still out. And obviously the fresh ones we've had, David Brooks, Lloyd Kelly and Dan Gosling. Chris, I think, has done an outstanding job, quite rightly one manager of the year, or season in my opinion. Can be hugely proud of what he's done at his local club and how he's turned the club around. And now they're back in the Premier League, so congratulations to him and his staff. Well, that was Eddie Howell speaking ahead of tomorrow's season opener against Sheffield United. And as you may have noticed, we have been joined by BBC Radio Solence, John Williams. And Willow, you were actually out on the pitch last time we beat Sheffield United at the start of the 1987 season. Yes, a long time ago, but it was a really good win. First game of the season, Sean Brooks scored a marvellous volley from 25 yards. It was a real good day. Roasting heart, I can remember. Big crowd, very tense, but we managed to get the 1-0 win. It was a great result. And of course, playing them again at the start of this season, it's really important to get off to a good start as we saw last year. Yes, always. You know, the start is everything. But it feels like, listen to Ed, that the lads have had a real good pre-season, you know, fitness-wise. Okay, there's been one or two knocks that we... You always hope you don't get, but it seems to have gone really well. And we're looking forward to the season so much, especially seeing the new players. There's so much to choose from now. Ed's going to have some real problems with his team selection with all that talent. Of course, the most thing he's looking forward to is being back alongside me, of course, for the whole season, will he? Yes, I can't say I've missed you too much, but it's been a long, long summer without too much football, really. So I'm looking forward to getting back into things.  They spent a bit of money, haven't they? I mean, £10 million on a least mousse caught a few eyes, I think it's fair to say. I mean, it was their record signing at the time. They've spent a bit more on Oli McBurney from Swansea as well. Ravel Morrison is a bit of a wild card signing for them. He's a bit of a least mousse in certain regards. You're not quite sure what he's going to produce. He's obviously had his off-the-field problems. You know, one or two others as well, but they've gone with the core of their championship team, who they have a quite a unique way of playing. The question is, have they added enough Premier League quality? That's the biggest, or Premier League experience as well. That's the biggest question for me. We saw, for example, Cardiff struggled last year with a lot of championship-level players, where he fullened the same, didn't massively strengthen, came in with a lot of championship players and ended up paying the price for that. So, you know, they have spent, I think they spent more money in the last four weeks than they spent in the last 14 years, I read somewhere, which is a fair indication. They have had a crack at it. They've thrown some money at it. Chris Wilde is a, you know, a canny manager. He's not a fashionable manager by any means, but he's sort of served his apprenticeship through the years as manager at Northampton and Oxford at Halifax before that as well. Would you have played against him?  Yeah, I don't remember too much about playing against him, but it's quite strange that the paths of him and Eddie have gone down the same sort of road, you know, done all the hard work when the club is in a lower league at Halifax than eventually, you know, getting through to the Premiership. He's done a fantastic job at Sheffield, and it'll be a really difficult game tomorrow, but we're looking forward to it, we have to say. Yeah, he's a real hero for the Sheffield United fans as well because of what he's achieved there. It's been a long time since one of the big Sheffield clubs have been in the Premier League, probably too long, really, and I think the United fans will enjoy the bragging rights over Sheffield Wednesday this season, for sure. And one thing that's coming in this season is VAR. As Eddie Howe just said, it's going to be a game-changer, isn't it, Willow? Well, it is. There's no doubt. I mean, I have to say, I haven't gone through the course that Eddie did, you know, they put him on the spot, but it is going to be really interesting how it works.  So, human nature will come into it, of course. You know, there'll be feelings of decisions being wrong or right, but I think the referees definitely need to help because the game is so quick nowadays. You can't get past that, and it's going to be interesting to say the least. We've sat next to each other for quite a few clangers down the years, both 4-n against Bournemouth, it's fair to say, but I think that's the one thing that VAR will eliminate. I mean, yes, it might hold the game up a little bit, but I think the average time for a review is something like 84 seconds. So, actually, in the grand scheme of a game, as long as we're not seeing games that are going on for 105 minutes, I think that's what everyone wants to see is the clangers eliminated. It will hopefully do that. There's going to be a bit of a betting in process, as there's going to be with a couple of the other new law changes, particularly the goal kick rule, which, again, is a centre-half, Willow, the fact that the ball hasn't got to go out of the penalty area now, as we've seen teams have evolved it by the centre-half stepping into the penalty area because the striker was about to nick it, so the goal kick had to get retaken. I mean, it's a centre-half now. How would you fancy about that? Yeah, it's another game changer, isn't it? I mean, we've seen Kingi nick a goal from the goal kick, and it's going to be quite interesting to see what people do. I watched the game locally last night, and I have to say they didn't pick the ball up too much from the goalkeeper, but I think it'll be different in the premiership. You know, the teams that have the goalkeepers that have good feet are always going to want to play, and it's going to be a real interesting one, that one. There'll be a disaster as well on match of the day. Maybe even this weekend, there will be a disaster from one team in the Premier League trying a natty goal kick routine that goes wrong. I think the other thing as well is that, you know, there's three or four new changes, isn't there, but that one's going to be the most interesting, I think, but somebody will find a way, they always do, of gaining an advantage from it, and that's going to be interesting. It's going to be, certainly, a big talking point, and a big talking point from Bournemouth's point of view is the injury list. It's not looking as rosy as Eddie Howe would have liked, is it? It's not, I mean, they've been so unlucky last season with so many different injuries, and then this season, you know, Dan Gosling picked up an injury, just passing the ball with his left foot, David Brooks picked up an injury, a serious one, setting up a goal in a pre-season friendly. Obviously, Lloyd Kelly got a bit of a clustering tackle in training, which was a bit unfortunate, particularly for a new signing as well. When you look at the guys that are coming back, Lewis Cook, Simon Francis, Junius Daneslas, Charlie Daniels, all still working their way back to fitness as well. So I think that's one of the main reasons, particularly, they move for Harry Wilson with David Brooks' injury. Harry Wilson will probably play off the right-hand side, or be certainly competing with Dan Duma for that role. So, yeah, the injury list, so it is pretty remarkable, wouldn't it, that you think last season was a one-off bad season and already two or three serious ones this season? Yes, I mean, I don't know the reason why these things keep happening, just bad luck, I suppose things are a lot different now in terms of the pace of the game, so perhaps that has something to do with it, but when you pick injuries up in training, that's very frustrating, but it happens to everyone.  There's no way around it. And Willow, just before we let you go and we leave all of you at home, I am going to ask you for a score projection. Oh, well, of course, 2-0 Bournemouth. 2-0 Bournemouth? There's 1-1, so that's it. Chris, do you want to ask a guess? I think Bournemouth will win tomorrow. I do think it's a helpful start. I mean, Eddie Hall would never say that, maybe not until after the game, but beating Cardiff at home, a newly promoted team, I think, Sheffield United, you'd expect them to take a bit of time to bed down. I think Bournemouth look a good squad this year. I think if the new players are ready to go, Phillip Billing straight in, potentially Dan Duma could be straight in, Harry Dawson's out of full pre-season with Liverpool. He could easily be thrown in straight from the start as well, so I think attacking-wise, it looks a real, real good squad. The only question Mark, I think, is Steve Cook, whether he makes the game tomorrow with his groin injury. We saw him feature last week, so there might be, we may see, probably Chris Meppen would come in, so to give you a short answer to a very long answer, I think Bournemouth will win. I'm not going to go 2-0, I'm going to go 3-1. 3-1, well, there you go. If you are over 18 and you do want to hazard a guess at the score for tomorrow's game, you can go onto Manchester's website and take part in their new game for this season. That's all from us today, but we'll see you here tomorrow at Vitality Stadium to cheer on the cherries in the first game of the season. Bye for now.


Try to go natural Hi, everyone. Welcome to my channel. I decided to come on and just do a quick review of a couple products I tried so I finally tried this train actuals brand So I'll have it for a while as you know I also got a conditioning bar from this brand which I do still want to try but I don't even didn't have labeling See that video And I was just like ever been kind of busy and lazy these days so I decided to just try these two So here I am with a quick review on how they work for me.  I guess I would read these products says Okay, this one was moisturizing, but the slip was definitely not There like there wasn't enough slip really to work it through my hair. I had to just get very carefully Get it on and work it through but I would say that the slip was very soft part But it did moisturize my hair wasn't like immediate moisture But after a super half an hour my hair was moisturized and it does smell amazing as well So give it an a for scent a for texture See for slip and be plus or something from my share It was like soap like bar soap really nice smelling bar soap It doesn't smell like edible at all, which is not the typical sense that you get I guess in here products are not edible or perfume It is you can see a little bit here. So it's not super thick, but it's not super light either So I do like the texture as well. I just wish it had more slip, but everything else will talk pretty well So these are the ingredients to a natural hair show. I went to a good few natural hair shows last year I don't think I'm going to any this year because I have too much stuff Don't know if I mentioned that to you yet, but I have too much stuff really do so Yeah, I'm definitely gonna go by pretty much this year except for black Friday, of course I'm even black Friday Maybe reduce from usual, but this was one of those I think it's a kind of local brand in the sense that I think the company's in Virginia or something But in the DMV DC area, I like the labelling and then the bamboo fake and lotus flower did kind of have me interested when I bought this It was like, actually I'm going to tell you how long ago, but it was like two years ago I think I bought this and at that time these ingredients look really interesting overall It was a nice product just not like as good as like she said to know like typical deep conditioners that I use But it definitely got the job done and you know if I had to reach for this I wouldn't be too sad about that Just make sure the time goes first pretty much But I'd be confident that my hair be moisturized at the end, which is kind of the main point of a deep conditioner I also love the labelling. I have to say that for it. I really love the labelling as well I just like the whole vibe of it like Relax your mind and escape for this freshly set and pump the party for your curls. Yeah I like the sound of that So I like her labelling and I like her vibe black on which is good as well The handle I have to say was better Overall as a part of the deep conditioner because it was moisturizing and it had decent slip So the slip wasn't crazy, but the slip was definitely good enough to get it onto my hair easily And it was more moisturizing and more creamy. I guess I can just show you but You see like it is pretty much, you know creamy I didn't have to worry about it being like a spray or something. It is very light But it is also very creamy and definitely didn't leave anything to my hair Like I had another leaving on standby in case it didn't work out But this was enough of a leaving for me to use confidently I just use this leaving and then went on to the other funky sort of curly magic and my hair is moisturized and everything is fine The leaving is definitely a nice product and I can safely recommend if you're looking for like a spray leaving or like a lighter leaving Of course, it doesn't go on as a spray like you saw it is pretty thick But it's definitely not lotion thick is in the lighter leaving section I prefer this to the Caravada Similar situation type spritz leave it because this one was thicker like richer like more believing and had better slip and Was also moisturizing if not more moisturizing. Yeah, this has a similar scent to the deep conditioner That kind of dovish kind of bad soapish spa type scent So I do like the scent of these and I like that I don't get these scents in a lot of brands So I guess it's kind of unique for the scent. So if you like something sweet, but soapy enough edible Then this would be a nice try as well. So these are the ingredients But it's not bigger I guess because it has honey in it, but I like my hair likes honey So so we give it that Nice ingredients nice and did the leaving thing. So overall I like this so this product can probably give it like a Seven and a half eight out of ten.  This is like a multi-day as well So it has got to know how hard a few days to make sure it's not getting dry or anything and it really does Feel nice. So definitely a women moisture I still like to like if I come across a small business and the product ingredients look interesting I still like to give them a try So that's it coming in with a quick review. Have you tried these before? Have you tried this brand before? I guess let me know Let me know what you've been trying lately What hair products you've been trying lately and what you think of them in the comments below Thanks for watching guys and I'll see you in the next one. Bye