Women/Gender Empowerment
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Ann Hiatt: Success Secrets from Silicon Valley
Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 11:30-12:30Venue: Al Baraha III, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 21
AED 60
Want to take your career to the next level? Discover the secrets of Silicone Val... Read More Adult event

Bonnie Garmus: Lessons in Chemistry
Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 14:30-15:30Venue: Al Baraha II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 51
AED 60
Smart, joyous, funny and empowering, Lessons in Chemistry is one of 2022’s stand... Read More Adult event

Change is Coming: Avni Doshi & Tishani Doshi
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 16:30-17:30Venue: Al Baraha I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 221
AED 60
Tishani Doshi and Avni Doshi have both explored, in fiction, the impact of South... Read More Adult event

Does the Devil Still Wear Prada?: Alexandra Shulman, Kat Farmer & Kaushal
Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 14:00-15:00Venue: Al Baraha I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 115
AED 60
Trends in beauty and fashion come and go at what seems to be bewildering speed –... Read More Adult event

Dr Raja Al Gurg: The Power of Authenticity
Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 16:30-17:30Venue: MBRL Theatre, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: EnglishSession No: 189
AED 60 - AED 75
Dr Raja Al Gurg is the Chairperson and Managing Director of one of UAE’s leading... Read More Adult event

Getting Ahead of the Game – Lessons in Leadership: Ann Hiatt & Dr Raja Al Gurg
Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 16:00-17:00Venue: MBRL Theatre, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: EnglishSession No: 94
AED 60 - AED 75
Every successful business has a strong leader. But though some seem to be born k... Read More Adult event

Girl Bosses & Go-Getters – The Reality of Ambition & Work Culture for the Modern Woman: Ann Hiatt & Rissa Mananquil Trillo
Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 12:00-13:00Venue: Al Baraha II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 109
AED 60
The story of women and work is one full of triumphs, setbacks and endless confli... Read More Adult event

Hala Kazim: Ask Hala – Friendship in a Cup
Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 10:00-11:30Venue: Vista Terrace, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: ArabicSession No: 50
AED 60
Do you know how to choose your friends?
Hala Kazim help you will not only in s... Read More Adult event

Heather McGregor: How to Write a Weekly Column
Date/Time: Monday 6 February 2023 10:00-11:00Venue: Al Amwaj II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 731
AED 60
What makes for an attention-grabbing weekly column and how can you make it your ... Read More Adult event

Huda Al-Ghoson: Unbounded
Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 11:30-12:30Venue: 4th Floor Conference Room 10, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: EnglishSession No: 258
AED 60
Described by Deepak Chopra as ‘the most inspiring career that I have read about ... Read More Adult event

It Must Have Been Love: But is it Over Now? : Alison Bonomi , Bolu Babalola & Katherine Webber
Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 18:00-19:00Venue: Al Baraha II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 217
AED 60
Do we love the same way as we did fifty or a hundred years ago? How do we write ... Read More Adult event

Man Vs. Man: Mohammed Alnaas & Waciny Laredj
Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 13:00-14:00Venue: Al Riwaq III, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: Arabic
Simultaneous Translation: Arabic to EnglishSession No: 48
Simultaneous Translation: Arabic to EnglishSession No: 48
AED 60
What do men look like in contemporary Arabic literature?
There are many types o... Read More Adult event

Rissa Mananquil Trillo: Building a World-Class Homegrown Brand
Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 10:00-11:00Venue: Al Riwaq III, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 150
AED 60
Entrepreneurship today is highly glamorised. There are a lot of truths hardly ta... Read More Adult event

Warrior Queens, Rebels & Courtesans - How Women Shaped the World: Kate Mosse & Manu S. Pillai
Date/Time: Thursday 2 February 2023 18:30-19:30Venue: Al Riwaq III, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 95
AED 60
The unknown soldier, the unnamed scientist, the anonymous writer: these women fr... Read More Adult event

Why Can't I Look Like That? - The Myth of Beauty: Fatima Sharafeddine & Liliane Zaher
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 17:30-18:30Venue: Al Riwaq III, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: ArabicSession No: 89
AED 60
When we look into a mirror, is what we see the reflection of how others perceive... Read More Adult event

Women Against the World: Bonnie Garmus, Geetanjali Shree & Reem Al Kamali
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 19:00-20:00Venue: Al Baraha II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: Multilanguage
Simultaneous Translation: English to Arabic, Arabic to EnglishSession No: 147
Simultaneous Translation: English to Arabic, Arabic to EnglishSession No: 147
AED 60
We live in a world where women must rise to endless challenges in order to maint... Read More Adult event

Writing Against the Current: Badriah Al Bishr, Huda Hamed & Shahad Al Rawi
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 17:30-18:30Venue: Al Baraha III, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: ArabicSession No: 88
AED 60
Is the literary scene shaped by society or does society shape the literary scene... Read More- Adults' Events
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