The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature revealed the most prominent developments of its 12th session, which begins on the fourth of next February, and attracts more than 150 of the most important writers, thinkers and influential figures from all over the world, who constitute its cultural spaces and activities that extend over six continuous days, with inspiring experiences, Various issues, victorious humanitarian issues, and discussions begin in the search for satisfactory answers to the major questions of life.
The organizing committee of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, in a press conference held yesterday morning in "Intercontinental", revealed the details of its new project "Tomorrow I will fly", which is the fruit of the Foundation's cooperation with the Dubai police over a period of two years. The book includes articles for inmates and women in penal and correctional institutions.
The organizing body of "Arts" revealed the advantages of the 2020 session and the details of the "International Conference of Literary Festivals", which the festival will host for the first time ever this year, to dedicate its interactive experiences, and then open up to the most important and prominent prestigious literary festivals around the world.
50% of the activities are free
Speaking about the novelties of the 12th session, the festival director, Ahlam Al-Baluki, said: “We come today and we have more than a surprise for lovers of culture, literature and the arts, perhaps the most prominent of which is associated with the pioneers of (arts) and the attendees of its activities every year, who are today able to more Enjoying the high free festival sessions this year by 50% this year, which doubles the chances of attending all audiences, in addition to the surprise of reducing the prices of the previously announced festival tickets, which today are 59 dirhams for adults and 39 dirhams for children.
Al-Blocki stressed the value of the innovative cultural and humanitarian initiative that "arts" undertook this year in cooperation with Dubai Police, to embrace an important group of society sitting in prisons. "This new edition (tomorrow I will fly) is part of a larger cultural and literary project, which we shared efforts with Dubai Police." , With the aim of engaging the categories of these institutions in society, by organizing regular visits by international writers and residents, in order to communicate with them through books and creative writing workshops that have been organized periodically in prisons, so that it was an opportunity for them to enrich their creative experiences and produce positive attitudes, through a novel Their stories and express rumors They are spontaneously on paper, and then an opportunity for writers Claire McIntosh and Annabel Kantaria to develop the initiative and translate the works of its creators by collecting their articles in a book called (Tomorrow I Will Fly), to be launched on February 6 from the penal and correctional institutions in Dubai within a special event that will be dedicated to celebrating the book through reading Their work, while (Literature) will devote a discussion session to the topic, to be influenced by Claire McIntosh and Annabel Kantaria, Lieutenant Colonel Jamila Al Zaabi, Director of the Women's Prison, and Major General Nasser Al-Razouki. While the festival pledges to strive to provide the book in other punitive and correctional institutions in the UAE, the Arab world and around the world ».
Support and cooperation
Regarding the festival’s cooperation with Dubai Police, in a project that promotes human rights and enshrines its concepts and general principles, Dubai Police Commander-in-Chief Major General Abdullah Khalifa Al-Marri said: “The cooperation of Dubai Police with Emirates Literature Institutions comes within the framework of caring for the inmates, and that the book project (tomorrow I will fly It is considered one of these means that support inmates, as these efforts aim to organize visits for a number of international writers and residents in Dubai to correctional institutions, to communicate with the inmate through the worlds of writing and books ».
Literature first
Badr Abbas, Senior Vice President of Emirates Airlines for Commercial Operations in Africa, expressed the pride of "Emirates Airlines" in supporting an event that places literature at the heart of its mission, and provides unique opportunities for young and old to interact with new voices, writers and storytellers, pointing out, "We are pleased that the festival takes innovative steps." To integrate more people in a dialogue with the resident author program and the new book, while the International Conference of Literary Festivals is a positive step forward that contributes to highlighting the emerging Emirati talent, and providing opportunities to exchange ideas. ”
Incubator of creativity
The director of the Dubai Public Library Department at the Culture and Arts Authority in Dubai, Dr. Hessa bin Masoud, stressed that "in conjunction with the new cultural vision, in which Dubai will be a world cultural center, and a permanent creativity incubator for thinkers and a forum for creators, our work and mutual cooperation have multiplied this year as a body, with The festival, to raise public cultural awareness of the importance of this prestigious literary demonstration and the role of the culture sector in society, and this cooperation included a number of book sessions organized this year in public libraries in Dubai, and the authority also worked to consolidate the relationship of festival visitors with the place and introduce them to Emirati culture through Various events are organized on the sidelines of the festival, and aim to spread some heritage aspects of the local community, which we tried this year to expand its scope to include visits to a number of heritage sites and museums to inform visitors about the history of the country, out of our belief that museums, heritage, literature and arts are integrated and closely related sectors not Potential of doubt. ”
The most famous writers
"Literatures" this year will host the couple Grim Simpson and Ann Boyce, while the world's most famous literary names have sparked its vast spaces to attract the most famous crime writer Joe Nespo, the scientist Jane Goodall, and the most famous contemporary Chinese writer, Mai Jia.
31 directors of international festivals in Dubai
The director of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, Ahlam Al-Baluki, revealed that hosting 31 directors of international literary festivals in the conference, which will span over two days of the festival, as an opportunity to exchange experiences, knowledge and experiences and build effective partnerships and agreements in the future, as it is an opportunity to get acquainted with local literary experiences and invite For various international festivals, and openness to the culture and civilization of Emirati society.