UAE woman Dana Al Balushi, the youngest writer at the 11th edition of the Emirates Airline Festival, has chosen 13 women to talk about their experience and leading role in her book, which will be launched at the start of the festival titled "13 Amazing Arab Women." Dana's 13-year-old book took nearly a year to complete. After reading the books she was so eager to read, she wrote her own letters in a book that reviews inspirational women's experiences from the UAE and the Arab world.

Baluchi, who spoke to Emirates Today about the beginning of her entry into the world of writing, said: "Reading has always been exciting for me, my hobby and my passion, my love for short stories and literature, and in my daily life I used to write down small and simple details. A real passion for literature ». "My brother Adib was fond of science and inventions. He is known as the UAE's youngest inventor. Three years ago he started to write his book. He was my first inspiration, because he first advised me to start writing a special book." "My brother told me it was necessary to write. Reading is important, but writing is going to be your own project. I found a real word when I started to write. I took the experiment seriously, added it to me, taught me and changed my personality."

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The 12-year-old has chosen the women who inspired her and had a positive impact in her life, having found something of herself in the female characters she chose. Among the women she chose to talk about were Raja al-Gurg, Zaha Hadid, and Farial al-Bastaki. Al-Baluchi confirmed that she chose these experiences because she personally influenced them, even if she had the option of choosing more "to write about a million inspired women from the Arab world."

Dana described the process of production as quick, supported by her family in the production of the book, as well as in securing the supporting body that can finance its production, and her brother was the most credited for her constant motivation to write and achieve.

On the start of a new book, Al-Balushi said that she did not start preparing for a new book because she will be keen to translate the book into Arabic before thinking about a new book. The book will be signed during the Emirates Airline Festival, The festival provides all kinds of support. Baluchi is looking forward to the first book, saying that "writing has a lot of challenges", but it was a balance between study and writing to overcome difficulties.

She changed the writing in Baloch's life. She looked at life from the point of view of women, because by talking about them she was putting herself in their place, looking forward to life from their point of view and looking at the issues that are related to their lives. And that makes her change her outlook on life, become more grateful to her family, and the support she gets, and becomes more grateful for life, because some women do not get the necessary support from their surroundings. Baluchi said she was proud of her presence in a society that cares about the future and believes in young people. She said that her dream of becoming an astronaut was that she was the youngest NASA astronaut and graduated from several courses she had when she was 11 years old.

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Dana's father, Sulaiman Al-Balushi, gave all his daughter Dana's moral support in order to be able to complete her first book at the age of 13. Sulaiman Al-Balushi told Emirates Al-Youm: "She supported Dana and Adib from childhood, And intelligence, it shows these features, and must be interested in parents, to provide what he has, because there is no impossible in life, especially if the investment in children ». He pointed out that he was interested in Adib and Dana, in various fields, including cultural, literary and scientific, and keen to teach them responsibility, explaining that Dana was small when Adeeb began to take courses in NASA space, and encouraged the field and asked the agency to undergo training for payment of fees and sit as a drink, Because her age did not allow her to enter the training, but after they found that her interaction was good, and actually trained.

"I feel proud to be in a society that cares about the future and believes in young people."