Kaph Books

Kaph Books Kaph Books is a publishing house specialized in fine arts & photography from the Middle-East.

Founded in 2016, Kaph Books is a publishing house based in Beirut, Lebanon, specialized in quality art books – photography, fine arts – on Middle-Eastern artists or art practices. Each book is a unique and personal creation testifying to the constructive collaboration with the artist - with consistently high technical and design quality. Our mission is to promote the talent of artists from the region – whether they gained international recognition or are still emerging.

“Beirut was then the mythical city of the world. That was the way it was. It was something else. Life was exciting, trul...
17/12/2025

“Beirut was then the mythical city of the world. That was the way it was. It was something else. Life was exciting, truly, but also painful. Painful was not necessarily the right word; the reality of Beirut was of a complexity defying definition” - Etel Adnan

In “Where Do I Go?”, her new photography book, collaborates with women to visually tell their story and their relationship to this beautiful and broken country.

Hardcover, 240 p, bilingual (english & arabic)
Published with

Texts by Georges Boustany, Youmna Chamieh, Kim Ghattas, Mariah Keller, and Elliot Josephine Leila Reichert.

Quotes & poems by Etel Adnan, Lara Bakr, Demi Kanaan.

Design by .studio

Beirut join us for the book signing of this 18th December at 6pm in Gemmayze.With over 200 photographs, “Where Do I G...
16/12/2025

Beirut join us for the book signing of this 18th December at 6pm in Gemmayze.

With over 200 photographs, “Where Do I Go?”, Rania Matar collaborates with women to visually tell their story and their relationship to Lebanon, 50 years after the civil war broke.

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Photographs from the collection of
Texts by .chamieh

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Hardcover, 240 p.

“While my photographs may not provide solutions or closure, I hope they nevertheless invite the viewer to pause and find...
15/12/2025

“While my photographs may not provide solutions or closure, I hope they nevertheless invite the viewer to pause and find the beauty, the hope, the shared humanity, and the grace that still exist despite everything” - Rania Matar in her new book “Where do I go?”

2025 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of the Lebanese Civil War. As we reach this symbolic date, Lebanon still suffers from its consequences.

In “Where Do I Go?”, collaborates with women to visually tell their story and their relationship to this beautiful and broken country.

She sees her younger self in these women as she herself was 20 when she left Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War. The process is collaborative, and the photo session always evolves organically as the women become active participants in the image-making process, presiding over the environment, and making it their own.

Hardcover, 240 p, bilingual (english & arabic)
Published with

Texts by Georges Boustany, Youmna Chamieh, Kim Ghattas, Mariah Keller, and Elliot Josephine Leila Reichert.

Quotes & poems by Etel Adnan, Lara Bakr, Demi Kanaan.

Design by .studio

Book launch:
November 13th 2025
December 18th 2025

Are you ready for Focal Point this weekend? 🎉Expect a fair filled with books, art and creative energy! From publisher st...
14/12/2025

Are you ready for Focal Point this weekend? 🎉

Expect a fair filled with books, art and creative energy! From publisher stalls to book launches and creative workshops, there’s something for everyone.

📚 Focal Point art book fair
📅 12–14 December 2025
📍 Bait Obaid Al Shamsi, Arts Square, Sharjah

Bring your friends and family along!

Free admission 🎟️ Book now through the link in the bio.

نلتقاكم في “نقطة لقاء” خلال عطلة نهاية هذا الأسبوع.

ستكونون على موعد مع معرضنا السنوي الذي نحتفي فيه معًا بالكتب والفن والإبداع، بمشاركة ناشرين من أنحاء العالم، وورش متنوعة.

“نقطة لقاء”
12–14 ديسمبر 2025
بيت عبيد الشامسي، ساحة الفنون، الشارقة

انضموا إلينا برفقة عائلاتكم وأصدقائكم.

الدخول مجاني. احجزوا الآن من خلال الرابط الموجود في الوصف

Join is at the 4th edition of Cairo Art book fair! Grab your tickets and join us for three unforgettable days. See you ...
11/12/2025

Join is at the 4th edition of Cairo Art book fair!

Grab your tickets and join us for three unforgettable days. See you there! 🎟️

🗓️ مواعيد المعرض:
١١ ديسمبر: من ٦ لـ ١٠ مساءً
١٢ و١٣ ديسمبر: من ١ لـ ١٠ مساءً

🗓️ Dates & Time
December 11th: 6 PM – 10 PM
December 12th & 13th: 1 PM – 10 PM

For the 3rd consecutive year, we are proud to participate to the Misk Art book fair, from 5-10 December.Visit our booth ...
06/12/2025

For the 3rd consecutive year, we are proud to participate to the Misk Art book fair, from 5-10 December.
Visit our booth and discover our publications, and are newly launched kids line .kids

Visit our booth during Bahrain’s Al Muharraq nights, from 1-30th December 2025!Sunday - Wednesday 5-10pmThursday - Satur...
02/12/2025

Visit our booth during Bahrain’s Al Muharraq nights, from 1-30th December 2025!
Sunday - Wednesday 5-10pm
Thursday - Saturday 5pm-12am

“The text that follows emerged from a desire to better understand this remarkable creative process, which I was fortunat...
01/12/2025

“The text that follows emerged from a desire to better understand this remarkable creative process, which I was fortunate enough to witness.”

Writing in the work of Huguette Caland explores the role of writing in the artistic practice of Huguette Caland (1931–2019). Through sketches, visual documentation and an essay by Brigitte Caland, a scholar and the daughter of the artist, this publication traces the Lebanese artist’s unique fusion of image and text. It also helps understand the role of writing in Huguette’s works, how by concealing parts she creates, consciously or unconsciously, a playful relationship with the viewer and how her handwritten fragments and invented symbols become a language of their own shifting at moments to abstraction.

Text by
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Design

Photographs:
- Brigitte and Huguette by
- Extract from the book
- Design session with
- Extract from the book / Huguette Caland’s notebooks reproduction

27/11/2025

“I knew you as strong, exuberant, and mischievous, yet in these moments, I found you silent, serious, and introspective, always elegant”

“Writing in the work of Huguette Caland” explores the role of writing in the artistic practice of Huguette Caland (1931–2019).

Through sketches, visual documentation and an essay by Brigitte Caland, a scholar and the daughter of the artist, this publication traces the Lebanese artist’s unique fusion of image and text. It also helps understand the role of writing in Huguette’s works, how by concealing parts she creates, consciously or unconsciously, a playful relationship with the viewer and how her handwritten fragments and invented symbols become a language of their own shifting at moments to abstraction.

From Beirut to Paris to Los Angeles, the book unveils how visual art and writing combined serve multiple purposes during a fully lived life.

Forward by
Text by
Design by

• Book launch this November 26th at 6pm •“Writing in the work of Huguette Caland” explores the role of writing in the ...
24/11/2025

• Book launch this November 26th at 6pm •

“Writing in the work of Huguette Caland” explores the role of writing in the artistic practice of artist Huguette Caland (1931–2019).

Through sketches, visual documentation and an essay by Brigitte Caland, a scholar and the daughter of the artist, this publication traces the Lebanese artist’s unique fusion of image and text.

It also helps understand the role of writing in Huguette’s works, how by concealing parts she creates, consciously or unconsciously, a playful relationship with the viewer and how her handwritten fragments and invented symbols become a language of their own shifting at moments to abstraction.

Join us on November 26th at 6pm for a talk in Beirut between and followed by the book signing

Forward by Nayla Tamraz
Text by Brigitte Caland
Design by

“She watchesas the world grows quiet,and light begins to speak.” - extract from forward to the limited edition artist b...
22/11/2025

“She watches
as the world grows quiet,
and light begins to speak.” - extract from forward to the limited edition artist book of “There is no urgency here.”

This handmade box and poetry book is accompanied by 7 original photographs, in an edition limited to 10 copies, signed by the artist.

With a background in design and collaborations with notable fashion and jewellery houses, Tala Hajjar went on to co-found the Starch Foundation, championing new creative talent across disciplines.

Presenting her photographic work for the first time in “There is no urgency here.” Tala invites the viewer into a slower rhythm, asking them not simply to look, but to dwell — to recognise the power of the in-between, where nothing rushes and everything resonates.

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Texts & photographs
Fabrication & design

Tala Hajjar’s limited edition artist book “There Is No Urgency Here.” was launched during Paris Photo this November, on ...
20/11/2025

Tala Hajjar’s limited edition artist book “There Is No Urgency Here.” was launched during Paris Photo this November, on Kaph Books booth.

Conceived as an exploration of stillness, the book brings together images that dwell on subtle gestures and suspended moments — those quiet spaces where time stretches and the ordinary becomes unexpectedly poetic.

• Handmade box and booklet featuring 7 photographs, published by Kaph Books in a limited edition of 10 •

Foreword by
Poem & photographs by
Artisanal fabrication & design by

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