Kalimat is the firstling of Kalimat Group, specialized in publishing Arabic books for children and the youth.
Kalimat offers a large number of books aimed at educating Arab children about the Arab and international culture and their modern challenges, in collaboration with award winning writers and illustrators from all over the world. Kalimat has published over 250 books for children and young adults, many of which were translated to different languages, and received awards in the Arab region, and internationally. The publishing house won the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for best publisher in 2017. It also won the Best Publisher Award for Asia in the international Bologna Children's Book Fair, in 2016. It was nominated for the same award in 2013 and 2014. Kalimat made it to the final nominations for excellence in the publishing industry, at the London Book Fair in 2014. It also won the Arab 21 Award from the Arab Thought Foundation in 2012, and two Arab 21 awards in their third edition in 2015.