Dar Al-Shorouk is one of the most important Arab publishing houses whose name has been associated with freedom of thought, creativity, quality, mastery, and excellence in the book industry and its marketing mechanisms over the years. It is the foundation upon which several companies were established that produce, publish, and distribute cultural content in all its traditional and modern forms, from book publishing, printing, and issuing newspapers and magazines, to cinema, television, and digital production. Additionally, Al-Shorouk is the most prominent Arab publishing house on the international scene, having won numerous local, Arab, and international awards. It is a general publisher of literary, and political books, biographies, memoirs, history books, philosophy, social sciences, enlightened religious and national thought, illustrated art books, and children's books. Al-Shorouk's list includes a constellation of major writers and prominent visual artists.
Since its establishment, Dar Al-Shorouk has participated in all Arab book fairs and major international exhibitions. It was the first Egyptian publishing house to participate in the Frankfurt Book Fair - the largest and most important book fair in the world, and the Bologna Children's Book Fair - the largest and most important children's book fair in the world, for over 35 years.
Throughout its long journey in serving books, Al-Shorouk has always been crowned and appreciated for its contributions, receiving more than 22 international awards in the last twenty years, in addition to numerous local Egyptian publishing awards, making it the only Arab publishing house to have received this large number of awards and accolades, which has had a great impact on the world's appreciation of the Arab contribution to the publishing industry and the recognition of Arab creativity as an essential tributary of human culture.