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Top authors, officials and creative talent to lead onsite, virtual sessions Acclaimed author Elif Shafak is among the big names at this year s Emirates Festival of Literature Image Credit: Supplied Dubai: The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature in Dubai is set for its big weekend (Thursday to Saturday) with a line-up that includes Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, acclaimed authors Elif Shafak and Amin Maalouf, and a day dedicated to Emirati talent (on Thursday), sponsored by Dubai Culture and Arts Authority. The events at the annual festival at InterContinental Hotel Dubai Festival City will see live sessions featuring home-grown writers, poets and experts combined with virtual appearances from international authors. Tickets for some events are already sold out, but the festival’s Dh100 digital ticket, giving access to at least 10 live streamed sessions, including Malala and Elif Shafak, means that fans can still catch the ....
How to get the youth reading in a smartphone culture [email protected] Filed on January 28, 2021 Today, the youth reads less frequently than any previous generation. Research aside, we’ve witnessed the change in our homes. Many young boys and girls don’t necessarily enjoy reading books, paperbacks or e-books, and prefer scrolling through phones. Well, there is a lot of good content available on the world wide web, which does deserve their attention. We can all agree to that; after all, we too devour words via screens. As grown-ups, of course, the dwindling interest of the youth towards reading is a cause of worry and discussion. As the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature opens today, we take the concern to the local and international participating authors. Read on, the suggestions offered by them could help us too. ....
A roster of more than 90 authors has been announced for the 2021 Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, scheduled for three weekends in both physical and digital formats. The Emirates Festival of Literature 2021 site quickly directs visitors to information about coronavirus safety protocols in what is to be a physical-and-digital iteration in February. Image: EAFL Clark: ‘Influential Voices’ Among many developments during the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, the United Arab Emirates’ interest in staging large physical book events despite the pathogen’s spread has been interesting. Publishing Perspectives readers looked on, for example, as Ahmed Al Ameri’s Sharjah Book Authority staged its 11-day 2020 Sharjah International Book Fair in November, with a reported 382,000 visitors to the Sharjah Expo Center. The Sharjah program coupled this with a battery of online events that organizers said drew 63,500 attendees. Needless to say, this was a boon to ....
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