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Barkha Dutt: India on the Fault Lines
Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 20:00-21:00Venue: Al Baraha I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 24
AED 60
Barkha Dutt’s career in journalism spans over three decades. Reporting on politi... Read More Adult event
Big Issues for Young Audiences: Fatima Sharafeddine, Jekar Khourchid & Maria Dadouch
Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 12:00-13:00Venue: Al Amwaj I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: ArabicSession No: 91
AED 60
Difficult issues weigh on our minds and impact on our daily lives, as well as th... Read More Adult event
Crossing Cultural Divides - Art As The Bridge: Nicola Green & Saeb Eigner
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 19:30-20:30Venue: Al Riwaq III, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 281
AED 60
Nicola Green, author of Encounters: The Art of Interfaith Dialogue and Saeb Eign... Read More Adult event
David Lammy: Tribes
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 17:30-18:30Venue: Al Baraha II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 183
AED 60
David Lammy was the first black Briton to study at Harvard Law School and practi... Read More Adult event
Hard Times, Human Stories: Barkha Dutt, Jo Browning Wroe & Lucy Easthope
Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 14:00-15:00Venue: Al Baraha I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 23
AED 60
Behind devastation and disaster, whether natural or socio-economic, there will ... Read More Adult event
Home in a Sack - Delving into the Refugee Crisis: Mostafa Salameh & Dr Rami Shishan
Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 15:15-16:15Venue: Al Amwaj II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: ArabicSession No: 216
AED 60
In the midst of ever-changing political and current events, how has the refugee ... Read More Adult event
How Do I Tell My Child?: Amal Nasser, Ameera BuKadra & Mohannad Alakous
Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 17:00-18:00Venue: Al Amwaj II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: ArabicSession No: 100
AED 60
Authors tend to fill up children’s stories with sugar, spice, and everything nic... Read More Adult event
Lucy Easthope: When the Dust Settles
Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 15:30-16:30Venue: Al Baraha I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 141
AED 60
Being caught up in a natural or human-induced catastrophe such as a volcanic er... Read More Adult event
Mariela Shaker: Indomitable Spirit
Date/Time: Thursday 2 February 2023 10:30-11:15Venue: Al Riwaq III, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 730
AED 60
Join Syrian violinist and refugee advocate Mariela Shaker for an inspiring talk ... Read More Adult event
Marina Mahathir: The Apple & the Tree
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 17:30-18:30Venue: Al Riwaq I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 187
AED 60
Malaysian socio-political activist Marina Mahathir has earned international accl... Read More Adult event
On Politics & Longing: Inaam Kachachi & Yasmina Khadra
Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 13:45-14:45Venue: Al Amwaj II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: Arabic
Simultaneous Translation: Arabic to EnglishSession No: 47
Simultaneous Translation: Arabic to EnglishSession No: 47
AED 60
From their second homeland, Arab immigrants write about their first, recounting ... Read More Adult event
Past, Present & Future of Islam: Marina Mahathir, HE Omar Saif Ghobash & Reza Aslan
Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 10:00-11:00Venue: Al Baraha III, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 151
AED 60
With approximately two billion followers worldwide and growing, Islam is of glob... Read More Adult event
Reza Aslan: An American Martyr in Persia
Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 14:30-15:30Venue: Al Baraha III, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 59
AED 60 - AED 75
A century ago, an American Christian missionary reluctantly set off for Iran. Li... Read More Adult event
Shaping the Middle East: Dubai Abulhoul & Sir Simon Mayall
Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 17:30-18:30Venue: Al Baraha III, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 283
AED 60
Have the gatekeepers of Middle Eastern history and literature reported its stori... Read More Adult event
Spirituality on the Daily: Alexander Thomas, Ismat Mahmassani & HE Omar Saif Ghobash
Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 11:30-12:30Venue: Al Riwaq III, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 79
AED 60
How can we invite spirituality in our everyday lives? Whether bowing toward Mecc... Read More Film Screenings
The Neighbourhood Storyteller - Real Life Events: Bisan Salameh, Fairouz Taqi Adeen & Dr Rana Dajani
Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 11:30-13:00Venue: Al Baraha I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: Arabic
Simultaneous Translation: Arabic to EnglishSession No: 42
Simultaneous Translation: Arabic to EnglishSession No: 42
AED 25
Join us for a screening of The Neighborhood Storyteller, a documentary based on ... Read More Adult event
True Crime Mania: Kerry Daynes, Lucy Worsley & Shrabani Basu
Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 16:30-17:30Venue: Al Baraha II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 137
AED 60
From Tiger King to Night Stalker, true crime documentaries have skyrocketed in p... Read More Adult event
War & Conflict in Children's Literature: Onjali Q Raúf, Wafa' Tarnowska & Wendy Meddour
Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 14:30-15:30Venue: Al Riwaq III, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 276
AED 60
War and conflict are among the most complex and sensitive of subjects to introdu... Read More- Adults' Events
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