A group of writers and creators of the world hosted by «Emirates Airlines for Literature 2022»

The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, one of the most important literary festivals in the world, and the largest cultural event celebrating stories in the Middle East, in its 2022 session, scheduled to take place from 3 to 12 February, will take its audience on an exciting journey behind the scenes of the most interesting, brilliant and famous tales, with The writers of the famous Netflix works, such as the author of the series "The Bridgerton", Julia Quinn, and the author of "Chernobyl 1986", Serhi Baluchi; television bestseller, House of Gucci, Sarah Jay Forden; And the author of the TV series "No Music in Ahmadi", Mona Al-Shammari. And two animators, Mohamed Saeed Hareb, creator of the cartoon series, Freej, and Ken Artaud, animator for the "Demon Slayer" series.

The work of the participants in the festival, who was announced in a magical event at Expo 2020 Dubai with a wonderful performance by Emirati singer Arqam, is inspired by the theme of this year’s festival, “Here comes the sun,” and in a new look, with most of the events of the 2022 edition moving to the headquarters. The new one on the banks of the Dubai Canal, in the Al Habtoor City hotels. The festival program includes a group of writers and creators, the most important of whom are Gary Vaynerchuk, Nadia Hussein, David Williams, Iman Mersal, Indra Nooyi, Mark Bellingham, Shahd Al-Rawi, His Excellency Omar Saif Ghobash, Ben Miller, the actor who played Lord Archibald Featherington in the series "Bridgerton". Ahmed Al-Ghandour, nicknamed Al-Dahih; and David Baldacci, who will be joining the online festival to talk about his new children's book.

Ahlam Blouki, Director of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, said: “We are delighted to welcome back the world's writers and welcome them to the new festival venue, and for a busy program where unforgettable stories are woven.

And the most distinguishing feature of the upcoming session is the many new and special sessions, so I advise everyone to take the initiative to book early, as you may miss the opportunity in a jiffy!”

 To celebrate the birthday of Charles Dickens on February 7, the festival invites the masses to the wedding of Miss Havisham, inspired by the most famous characters in Dickens' novel taken from the story "Great Hopes", in the presence of guest of honor Lucinda Dickens Huxley, granddaughter of Charles Dickens, as Charles Dickens is her third grandfather, He is a great writer who has written many books on real-world issues and challenges faced by women in history.

 There is also a wonderful Expo evening that crowns the festival evenings, with the stars of the magic word, Carlos Andre Gomez, and Emirati poet Dr. Afra Atiq, accompanied by musician and singer Brent Schutelort, who comes from Nashville, Tennessee.

The most popular poetic performance evening at the festival as a whole year brings together a selection of international performance poetry stars, most notably, Nikita Gill, Noor Naga, Koina Bergen, Sasha A.

Akhtar, and a group of local poets, Danabil Gutierrez, Farah Ali, Zainab Al-Rifai, Amal Al-Sahlawi.

 As the favorite evening returns to you, the evening of “verses from the depths of the desert” with the captivating word and the most creative magical poetic performance under the starry sky.

 The 2022 edition will host the most promising creative novelists, including, but not limited to, Brett Bennett, author of The Vanishing Half, C Pam Chang, author of How Many Hills of Gold, and Lucy Foley, author of The Visitor List. Felicia Yap, author of “Yesterday,” and there is also the most famous crime writer, Mark Bellingham, as well as Alka Joshi, author of the novel “The Henna Artist,” and famous writer David Grossman, who won the Booker Prize for his book “A Horse Enters the Bar.” ».

 The festival will open its activities on February 3 with the "Lights on Emirati Talent" day, while the festival will witness an intense presence of local writers in the region over the ten-day festival period.

The first day of the festival will witness the participation of a large group of Emirati writers with readings of stories, poetry, and panel discussions on various topics, from writing for cinema, the role of women in education, to collectible arts;

A prestigious panel of experts will discuss the issue of stigma associated with working in the arts, while three remarkable Emirati women who have taken unconventional paths will discuss in a rich discussion: Fatima Al Mansouri, Hana Al Hashemi, and Princess Reem Al Hashemi.

The specialist and trainer in life affairs, Hala Kazem, will address positivity, well-being and mental health, and will present practical steps to achieve self-acceptance.

 Foodies will join Britain's Baking Contest star, mental health activist, and writer Nadia Hussain for their share of the delicious cake she will bring as she talks about how her life changed after winning the popular programme.

 The Italian chain of restaurants and beloved TV personality, Alessandro Borghese, will be preparing his unique favourites;

Salma Serry, founder of Sofra Kitchen, will talk about the history and culture of food in Southwest Asia and North Africa, and Zahra Abdullah will introduce new variations on the Middle Eastern recipes she presents at Zahra's Kitchen.

as well as Dr. Robbie Ugla, author of "The Doctor's Kitchen" and "Food to Beat Sickness," which explains how to create healthy, delicious recipes for optimal mental and physical health.

 Among the most prominent participating novelists from the Arab world, the famous Egyptian poet and novelist Iman Mersal, winner of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award in 2021, for her novel "In the Effect of Inayat Al-Zayat", and Bushra Khalfan, which sheds light on women's experiences in the Arab world.

and Alwiya Sobh, award-winning novelist, founder and editor-in-chief of Snoop Al-Hasna magazine, and Rasha Adly, nominated writer for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.

 The festival will host the Saudi fantasy writer, the author of the famous Trilogy, Basateen Arabistan, Osama Muhammad Al-Muslim, as well as the Egyptian writer and legal expert, Ashraf Al-Ashmawy, who will address his latest works, Orvanelli Gallery (2021), Naji Bakhti and his first novel, “Between Beirut and the Moon”, which tells the story of A young boy dreams of becoming an astronaut, but the urgent reality of post-civil war Lebanon has to deal with issues closer to home.

Ahmed Al-Zamam talks about the relationship between writers and publishers in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, while Jalal Barjas discusses writing political works in the Arab world, and Sultan Al-Mousa tells the stations of his journey in the writing path, and introduces his specialization, the history of religions and ancient civilizations, in a panel discussion on writing fiction works. Historic.

 In her novel The Lost House, the Anglo-Indian writer Marina Wheeler tells the story of her mother's early years after the partition of India and Pakistan, and Raphael Cormack provides a glimpse into the anti-cosmopolitan culture in Egypt, during the years between The two wars of the last century, while Ukrainian author Serhiy Blokhy deals with the tragedy of the Chernobyl reactor explosion in Billy Gifford Prize-winning work, Chernobyl: A History of Tragedy.

Anthropologist and evolutionary biologist Alaa Al-Shamahi, presenter of BBC Two's "Neanderthals: Meet Your Ancestors" program, presents exciting tales about her adventures on expeditions in the most exotic natural places in the world.

Art and design take center stage in many of this year's sessions, and festival audiences will discover how graphic novelists and animators get their ideas, with two masters of graphic and animation arts, Fumio Obata and Ken Arto. “Who's Afraid of Contemporary Art?” discusses Jessica Serassi, 2019 director of the Venice Biennale. Benefiting from a course she gave at the Tate Museum of Contemporary Art, Lucinda Dickens Huxley discusses What Makes Great Art: An Explanation of 80 of the World's Greatest Works of Art with Mirna Ayyad, Director of Art Dubai. The golden age of the arts is also recalled, with Egyptian jewelry designer Azza Fahmy, who will reveal the sources of inspiration for her artworks.

 One of the most important features of the festival’s sessions is the announcement of the winner of the “Emirates LitFest” award for writing, and this year also a new event is the announcement of the first batch of writers who will be selected for the first semester program: the Emirates Literature Fellowship and My Friend for Writers, where the fellowship puts ten talented people on the path of Success through a training and mentoring program of international standards.

The festival returns with workshops for young and old, creative writing sessions, translation and publishing, short presentations of literary works and expert workshops with literary agents Luigi, Alison Bonomi and Sheila Crowley.

Hosted by David Williams in Dubai, fans will have the opportunity to leap into his wondrous world, celebrate the tenth anniversary of Grandma Gangasta, or discover the horrors of 'Cruel School' and mysterious science teacher, Dr.

Doctor, it's super fun and hilarious.

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