In a press conference held yesterday morning, Emirates Etiquette Festival announced the list of participating authors and the details of its 11th session under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President UAE Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, in partnership with Emirates Airline and the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, between March 1 and 9.
The dreams of Balukhi, who runs the festival this year, expressed her pleasure to join the family of the festival in its new session, and its enthusiasm to complete the march of constant successes, which was established by this unique event in the cultural field. "We will launch again this year, on an amazing journey for 10 consecutive days. We will live it again in the dream and create literature and creativity, accompanied by a number of great names in the world of creative word and literature, to instill love of reading, knowledge and knowledge for future generations. I looked "We want our festival to be a meeting point for the world, a meeting of all generations and races of readers and non-readers, men, women, young people and young women, regardless of trends, origins and orientations, we have many common factors. Humanity, and share our concerns, fears, hopes and dreams, and you will find us addressing each of you in all our sessions. "
Young day .. for the first time
"The festival will be dedicated on March 7 to a special day that we will call" Youth Day ", which will include meetings, seminars and dialogues for young students and new graduates. Between the ages of 16 and 35, meetings that will bring them together with the writers and speakers of the festival to discuss various youth themes that may seem inspirational to them. They will have a dialogue at this session, for example with Isabelle Aboulhoul, the founder of the festival, and Dr. Rafia Ghobash, author of the UAE Women's Encyclopedia, The biography of UAE women "They played an important role in many areas and took the initiative."
«Business Day»
"The New Business Calendar, which was recently launched by the festival to help people work on a productive and inspirational journey that will make them happy and happy, includes a series of events, meetings and workshops that focus on the goals of positive change, , To rich discussions with inspiring speakers, to strategies for balancing professional and family life, language of constructive dialogue and other topics, while Business Day provides a session on artificial intelligence, a symposium on issues and challenges Commercial Business ».
Arab and local presence
"We are happy with what we have seen over the last four years, a great increase in Arab attendance, especially the local presence in the Arab world," she said. Which is part of the growing number of Emirati writers, and the increasing interest of the community in the cultural affairs, which, of course, is at the top of the list of well-known literary events. This is gratifying and encourages us to develop our vision and future goals in this respect. Field ».
Human demonstration
"The theme of the Emirates Airline Festival this year is very moving, because words and books teach us, move our feelings, give us new perspectives, and play an important role in shaping our lifestyle," said Sheikh Majid Al Mualla, Emirates' Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations. For more than a decade, the Emirates Airline Festival has been contributing to the formation of a society of literature and its role in the development of generations through various events, activities and programs, such as children's sessions, writing workshops and book events. " Cultural, artistic and creative activities in Dubai and across the world, and we look forward to meeting you lovers again. The authors are always a source of inspiration. "
a decent position
Acting Director-General of the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, Saeed Mohammed Al Naboodah, said: "The festival represents an extension of the values and achievements of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, may God rest his soul, as a founding father who inspired the good successor to encourage generations to love knowledge, "We are very proud of the cultural, artistic, heritage and literary sectors in the UAE and we are proud to continue our partnership with this festival, which we are proud of. Pat occupies Prominent on the world if he cultural agendas. And contribute to the consolidation of Dubai's status to give it a new dimension as a knowledge destination to promote cultural exchange between nations and peoples, and contribute to the dissemination of the values of tolerance and peace between different races and civilizations »He concluded by saying,« In this way, Dubai promotes its presence among the world capitals that take the culture is complementary to the happiness of its inhabitants , And contribute to the head of the economy based on knowledge ».
Letters «Arts» to the recipients of culture
The UAE writer Dr. Rafia Ghbash told «Emirates Today»: «If the number of Arab posts a little, the fun is very important and very strong, and in my personal view of the heavy, the Arab personalities involved have a cultural weight and success at the moment, and most of the Arab writers in the Saudi Arabia is the recipient of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (Poker), or candidates for its long and short lists, which makes the Arab map fairly representative in the festival. But we aspire, of course, to a broader representation in the future. " The Arabic speakers, these audience draws Their medicine is very large, increasing every year because of the great preparations they have to get tickets for the various events here, and the burden of waiting and the long queues for their acquisition, and the student presence is remarkable in the festival, which is devoted to renewable energy in its parts ».
International Women's Day
The World Women's Day program will host a distinguished group of women speakers, with the participation of Dubai Aboulhul, Saadia Zahedi, Zelda La Grange and Jennifer Palmeri, to discuss the challenges facing women today and to raise a number of issues related to the world of women. On a range of topics, most notably creative writing and publishing strategies.
Illuminated names
The festival will be hosted by Emiri Omar Saif Ghobash, author of "Letters to a Muslim Man" and Saudi Abdullah Al-Mghlout, author of "Taghreed in Happiness, Optimism and Hope", "Tomorrow is Beautiful" and Kuwaiti "Saud Al-Sanoussi" And the Kuwaiti writer Buthaina Al-Issa, author of Maps Al-Taha and the Foundation of the composition of the platform, and the Kuwaiti writer and journalist Talib Rifai, saw the narrator, the Iraqi writer, which is the youngest writer in the list of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, For the award.
To the desert again
The director of the festival, Ahlam Al-Balouki, highlighted that the Emirati, Arab and international poetry names and the festival's guests will have a renewed date with the traditions of the old poetry evening "Abayat from the Depth of the Desert", which returns this year to celebrate poetry in the desert skies. , Afra Ateeq, Salem Al-Attas, and others.
They return
The artist, cartoonist and author Khalid Al Jabri, young writer Dana Al Balushi, Rehan Khan, author of Theodore Turk, Courtney Brand, author of the Queen of England, UAE writer Abdullah Al Nuaimi, author of Espresso, .