Pioneering audiobook platform goes live

The Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF) yesterday launched “the region’s largest” audiobook platform called Masmoou.com.

The platform was launched through MBRF’s educational arm, Qindeel Educational. It was developed following directives from MBRF chairman Shaikh Ahmad Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

The platform offers a wide variety of e-books, audio content and online material covering various subjects and topics, with the aim to spread knowledge.

The launch was announced at a press conference yesterday attended by Jamal Bin Huwaireb, CEO of MBRF, and Saif Al Mansouri, director-general of MBRF Holding, in addition to representatives from the platform’s partners: Al Rawi Media, Kitab Sawti Co., Soundless Co., Qitaf Int. Co., Machina Communications Co., Rodian Co., and Booklava Ventures.

In its first phase, the flagship project will offer Arabic audiobooks, with content in foreign languages to be added at a later stage. It will also work to encourage production of audiobooks and aims to preserve and promote Arabic.