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At Abu Dhabi International Book Fair: Salha Obaid on Fact and Fiction
The Emirati writer explores the rapid changes in her country in recent decades, with factual research as a foundation for her fiction.
Salha Obaid
By Chip Rossetti
‘People Inspire Me’
The Emirati novelist Salha Obaid says that she has given some thought to how fiction including her own work treats the past.
Obaid is a speaker on Thursday (May 27) at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, and will be talking about the relationship between historical fiction and historical fact. She also speaks today at the book fair, a conversation with Iman Mersal, the Egyptian winner of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award this year in literature for her creative nonfiction. [Our