The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature Brings to Hope
Dubai time .. Creative lovers meet on a live global broadcast
Broadcasting activities were organized under the title “Literature lives around the world”.
Photography: Patrick Castillo
Ahlam Blocky: "The broadcast was an exceptional occasion to inform the public around the world about the festival's activities and its realistic sessions."
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Once again, the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature in Dubai, which starts every year with solid bets to support culture and constructive dialogues, proves its uniqueness in presenting various creative ideas and projects of a global character that can be embodied on the ground in the form of creative initiatives that drive creativity, and contribute to creating Deservedly global literary climate.
With the start of the activities of the end of its third and last week, which was organized in the "Alserkal Avenue" area, the "Emirates Literature" audience for the first time and for 12 hours of continuous broadcasting, watched the details of the first edition of the activities of the World Association of Literary Festivals, which was announced in Dubai last year, To be a link between creators from different parts of the world and a tent that brings together all cultures.
The broadcast reviewed a series of interactive experiences of the most important and prominent literary festivals around the world, to embody the spirit of cultural and intellectual cooperation between peoples, the exchange of ideas and resources, and the establishment of constructive future partnerships, in addition to providing a forum for discussion on topics that affect book and literature festivals internationally, while keen on « Emirates Literature »on choosing the word« hope », as the title of this communication.
The start is from Norway
Beginning at midday yesterday, UAE time, the activities of the first edition of the agenda of the activities of the World Association of Literary Festivals under the title "Literature Live Around the World" began directly from the Bergen International Literary Festival, led by the Norwegian journalist Mona B. Ries and film researcher Sis Vick, so that the broadcast accompanies the audience on a journey An enjoyable exploration of the various literary figures present, punctuated by various discussions with a number of well-known writers and poets in Norway, and delightful artistic and musical stations.
While fans of the event, watched by millions around the world through a special electronic link, enjoyed a bunch of excerpts of read novels and new literary publications that were unique to the Emirates Airline Festival for the first time, as it was the first literary festival to be realistically held after the Corona pandemic.
With the successive hours of global broadcasting, this literary journey was joined by festivals: “Perth” in Australia, “Kabul” in Afghanistan, “Jaipur” in India, “Lagos” in Nigeria, “Buenos Aires” in Argentina, and “Edinburgh” in Scotland, and "Lyon" in France, "Berkeley" in the United States, "Toronto" in Canada, and "Treasure Beach" in Jamaica, while the "Emirates Airline Festival of Literature" at 7:00 pm, an exceptional date for a meeting of word lovers around the world, with events that reflected the pulse of The festival and details of its various sessions.
Culture Pulse
In exclusive statements to "Emirates Today", the director of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, Ahlam Blocky, revealed the details of participating in this global event, adding: “I am happy with this opportunity that we have had to convey the pulse of our local culture, and describe the richness and diversity of Emirati literature that remains Part of this diverse community ».
She explained that the broadcast was "an exceptional occasion to inform audiences around the world about the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature and its realistic sessions, and an opportunity through which we saw the Dubai-based writer Avni Duchi, whose novel (Burned Sugar) reached the final list of the Booker Prize last year, in addition to excerpts from the session." Literary furnishing by writer and poet Derek Oso, whose first novel (This Reminds Me) won the Desmond Elliott Award for Best First Fiction for 2020 ».
The World Association of Literary Festivals, in its first digital version, was keen to introduce the world’s audience, in selected words, to the most prominent creations of participating writers, while the Emirates Literature was keen to select the word “hope” as the title of this cultural and civilizational communication, which Ahlam Blocky described. In true expression of our human need for hope, in these circumstances that the world is going through as a result of the (Corona) argument, ”adding“ the (Emirates Literature) administration was keen to use this term as a reminder of the successful mission of the Hope Probe to Mars and its great scientific benefit that humanity will benefit from in this. the field"
On the importance of holding this type of cultural activities and activities in introducing Emirati literature and writers, Ahlam Blocky confirmed the success of the idea of establishing the World Association of Literary Festivals, which comes after the Emirates Airlines for Literature hosted about 31 different literary festivals around the world last year, with the aim of exchanging experiences. Knowledge, experiences, and building effective partnerships and agreements resulted in the establishment of this unique literary event, and attracting a number of local literary experiences in prestigious international festivals with the aim of opening up to the culture of the Emirati community and its pioneers, and among these Emirati poet Afra Atiq and writer Rawda Al-Marri, which we see today as a pioneering and proactive step that will be followed by steps Suffix in the near future ».
Successful partnerships
Regarding the partnerships held by the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature this year, the director of the festival, Ahlam Blocky, stopped at the project of fruitful and distinguished cooperation with local cultural institutions and destinations, such as the Jameel Arts Center and Al Serkal Avenue to host some festival activities, adding, “Through the World Association of Literary Festivals, we succeeded in establishing This vast literary gathering that allowed all festivals that would not be able to participate in the first session, the possibility of communication and follow-up, and then inform their audience about the activities and events that lasted for 12 hours of live broadcasting widely available to all ».
• Hope recalls the successful UAE mission to Mars and its benefit to humanity.
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