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A reference the region can stand on.
A 500+ page bilingual reference guide on the language of consensus and points of discussion around family issues — proofread, typeset and produced to an international standard for DIFI and Family Watch International.
A reference-grade volume of more than five hundred pages, prepared for the Doha International Family Institute and Family Watch International — Arabic and English, edited for consistency and typeset to an international publishing standard.
· Overview
The brief
A dense, high-stakes reference on family terminology and discussion points, tied to international family policy. It had to read cleanly in Arabic and English, stay perfectly consistent across 500+ pages, and arrive print-ready.
500+
Pages
2
Languages · AR + EN
UN
Aligned
1
Reference standard
· Approach
How we worked
01 — Proofreading
Line-by-line Arabic and English proofreading for accuracy and consistency across the full volume.
02 — Typesetting
A robust bilingual grid that holds hundreds of pages together — headings, tables, footnotes and RTL/LTR flow.
03 — Print-ready
Delivered as clean, press-ready files with correct bleeds and a durable structure for a reference volume.
· Client & partners
Made with.
The organisations behind the work.
· The work
The cover, and inside.
The finished report — cover, and spreads from inside: layout, data design and bilingual typesetting.
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