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Today at Abu Dhabi: Ulla Lenze Explores Family History in Fiction The author discovered that her great-uncle was involved in a Nazi spy ring operating out of New York City in early World War II. The Guest of Honor Germany program with Ulla Lenze and Hisham El Kehshen has been moderated today (May 27) by Eman Al Yousef. Image: ADIBF Editor’s note: The Guest of Honor Germany program with Ulla Lenze (upper right) and Hisham El Kehshen today (May 27) has been moderated by Eman Al Yousef and the recording–with Arabic translation only–is available for your review. We will embed that video at the end of this article. Publishing Perspectives has requested that all video programming from the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair be posted in its English-language editions as well as those in Arabic.–Porter Anderson ....
SHARE For the past few years, the month of March has been officially dedicated to literary pursuits in the UAE. It all started in 2017, following the Year of Reading in 2016. In October of that year, the President, Sheikh Khalifa announced a Reading Law that obliged schools to encourage reading among pupils, in addition to promoting a respect for books. He also launched the Arab Reading Challenge, the largest Arab knowledge initiative in the world, in 2015. That love of literature has only arguably become stronger since many of us have spent more time than ever at home with our noses in books during the pandemic. ....