This year (February 1 – 6!), the Emirates Literature Festival celebrates 15 years of sponsoring and promoting international and local authors, speakers, and literary creativity! According to the Chairman, H.H. Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum,
Every year the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature brings together people from the four corners of the world to Dubai to entertain, captivate and inspire us. These extraordinary writers bring new ideas and different perspectives, promoting dialogue, sharing their works, their thoughts, and their words, building bridges across cultures. This is a Festival full of ideas, of conversations and of stories being written, filling me with hope for the future.
Throughout, the Festival has maintained its passion in championing the joys of reading, bringing the world of books into the spotlight in the UAE. It has provided a platform for the wider appreciation of Arabic poetry and literature, both at home and abroad, and an opportunity to celebrate Emirati culture.
It is a privilege to bring the world to Dubai, through a shared love of literature.
https://emirateslitfest.com/about-us/
Festival Director, Ahlam Bolooki, adds that “the Festival promotes reading as a life-changing habit and culture as a fundamental right.”
The festival offers speaker events, book readings and signings, film screenings, and creative workshops. And a broad range of topics — from young adult to business to animation to scifi to politics to poetry (and others!) — promise to entertain and inspire visitors. Check out their programme. PLUS, university students get 50% off general session tickets.
Events are being held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Festival City (it’s close!) and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Library. Get your tickets NOW. 🙂
And as a bonus, if you’re into podcasts, check out the Boundless Book Club for conversations about the books and authors from the Emirates Literature Foundation and fiction and non-fiction recommendations.
