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Toshikazu Kawaguchi: Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Date/Time: Friday 4 February 2022 18:00-19:00Venue: Al Joud Ballroom 3, Hilton, Al Habtoor City
Language: Japanese. Simultaneous translation to English and Arabic.Session No. 20
AED 65
‘At the end of the day, whether one returns to the past or travels to the future... Read More Adult event
Nikita Gill: Maidens, Myths & Monsters
Date/Time: Friday 4 February 2022 21:00-22:00Venue: Al Habtoor Ballroom, Habtoor Palace, Al Habtoor City
Language: EnglishSession No. 80
AED 65
Be transported to Olympus by widely-acclaimed ‘Instapoet’ Nikita Gill as she per... Read More Children's event
Ben Miller: How I Became a Dog Called Midnight
Date/Time: Saturday 5 February 2022 13:30-14:30Venue: Al Habtoor Ballroom, Habtoor Palace, Al Habtoor City
Language: English
Age: 7+Session No. 6
Age: 7+Session No. 6
AED 40
Actor and children’s author Ben Miller writes wonderful heart-warming stories fo... Read More Children's event
Rob Biddulph: Peanut Jones and the Illustrated City
Date/Time: Saturday 5 February 2022 16:00-17:00Venue: Al Joud Ballroom 2, Hilton, Al Habtoor City
Language: English
Age: 9+Session No. 29
Age: 9+Session No. 29
AED 40
The man behind the internet sensation #DrawWithRob is here with his latest book ... Read More Adult event
Brit Bennett: The Vanishing Half
Date/Time: Saturday 5 February 2022 18:00-19:00Venue: Al Joud Ballroom 3, Hilton, Al Habtoor City
Language: EnglishSession No. 23
AED 65
‘The Vignes twins vanished on August 14, 1954, right after the Founder’s Day dan... Read More Children's event
Rob Biddulph: Dog Gone
Date/Time: Sunday 6 February 2022 10:00-11:00Venue: Al Joud Ballroom 2, Hilton, Al Habtoor City
Language: English
Age: 4+Session No. 5
Age: 4+Session No. 5
AED 40
Author, illustrator and draw along superstar Rob Biddulph kept us entertained wh... Read More Adult event
Future of Diplomacy After Covid-19 – Multilateralism and the Global Pandemic: Hana AlHashimi & Mona Ali Khalil
Date/Time: Sunday 6 February 2022 12:00-13:00Venue: Chia, Hilton, Al Habtoor City
Language: EnglishSession No. 160
AED 65
We have learned a lot from the successes and failures of the world’s Covid-19 pa... Read More Adult event
Mira Sethi: Are You Enjoying?
Date/Time: Sunday 6 February 2022 14:00-15:00Venue: Al Joud Ballroom 1, Hilton, Al Habtoor City
Language: EnglishSession No. 16
AED 65
A former books editor at The Wall Street Journal with op-ed pieces in The New Yo... Read More Adult event
Between the Covers – Desire in Arab Writing: Noor Naga & Selma Dabbagh
Date/Time: Sunday 6 February 2022 16:00-17:00Venue: Al Joud Ballroom 2, Hilton, Al Habtoor City
Language: EnglishSession No. 22
AED 65
It is a little-known secret that Arabic literature has a long tradition of eroti... Read More Adult event
Keeping the Faith: Mathilde Loujayne & Ruzina Ahad
Date/Time: Sunday 6 February 2022 18:00-19:00Venue: Chia, Hilton, Al Habtoor City
Language: EnglishSession No. 162
AED 65
Pioneering a space for females in a field historically dominated by men, UAE-bas... Read More Special Event
Miss Havisham’s Wedding: Lucinda Dickens Hawksley
Date/Time: Monday 7 February 2022 19:15-21:30Venue: Al Joud Ballroom 1&2, Hilton, Al Habtoor City
Language: EnglishSession No. 47
AED 295
The honour of your presence is requested…at a very special Dickensian celebratio... Read More Special Event
Desert Stanzas 2022
Date/Time: Tuesday 8 February 2022 19:30-21:30Venue: Desert Camp,
Language: EnglishSession No. 49
AED 325
Desert Stanzas returns! Our legendary night of poetry under the stars is back fo... Read More Adult event
Motherhood – The Joy, Struggle & Taboos: Hala Kazim & Pragya Agarwal
Date/Time: Saturday 12 February 2022 12:00-13:00Venue: Al Joud Ballroom 1, Hilton, Al Habtoor City
Language: EnglishSession No. 85
AED 65
Society continues to define women in terms of those who are mothers and those wh... Read More Adult event
Rowan Hooper: How to Spend a Trillion Dollars
Date/Time: Saturday 12 February 2022 12:00-13:00Venue: Al Joud Ballroom 2, Hilton, Al Habtoor City
Language: EnglishSession No. 92
AED 65
If you had a trillion dollars and a year to spend it for the good of the world a... Read More Adult event
Mark Billingham: Down the Rabbit Hole
Date/Time: Saturday 12 February 2022 13:00-14:00Venue: Al Habtoor Ballroom, Habtoor Palace, Al Habtoor City
Language: EnglishSession No. 141
AED 65
Police officer Alice Armitage investigates a murder in a psychiatric ward. The p... Read More Adult event
Jenny Lawson: Broken
Date/Time: Saturday 12 February 2022 14:00-15:00Venue: Al Joud Ballroom 2, Hilton, Al Habtoor City
Language: EnglishSession No. 71
AED 65
‘Because you are defined not by life's imperfect moments, but by your reaction t... Read More Adult event
Sara Gay Forden: The House of Gucci: Murder, Madness, Glamour and Greed
Date/Time: Saturday 12 February 2022 15:00-16:00Venue: Al Habtoor Ballroom, Habtoor Palace, Al Habtoor City
Language: EnglishSession No. 72
AED 65
‘I don’t consider myself to be a particularly ethical person…but I am fair’ – La... Read More Adult event
Robin Dunbar: Friends – The Power of our Most Important Relationships
Date/Time: Saturday 12 February 2022 16:00-17:00Venue: Al Joud Ballroom 2, Hilton, Al Habtoor City
Language: EnglishSession No. 89
AED 65
‘The number and quality of our friendships may have a bigger influence on our ha... Read More Adult event
Indra Nooyi: My Life in Full
Date/Time: Saturday 12 February 2022 19:00-20:00Venue: Al Habtoor Ballroom, Habtoor Palace, Al Habtoor City
Language: EnglishSession No. 76
AED 65
Ranked among the world’s 100 most powerful women, Indra Nooyi, former CEO and Ch... Read More Adult event
Julia Quinn: The Bridgerton Take Over
Date/Time: Sunday 13 February 2022 14:00-15:00Venue: Al Habtoor Ballroom, Habtoor Palace, Al Habtoor City
Language: EnglishSession No. 66
AED 65
Extravagant gowns, elaborate balls and extraordinary gardens – nothing about the... Read More