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

Jessica Cerasi: Who's Afraid of Contemporary Art?
Date/Time: Sunday 6 February 2022 14:00-15:00Venue: Al Joud Ballroom 2, Hilton, Al Habtoor City
Language: EnglishSession No. 36
AED 65
‘Art is anything you can get away with.’ - Marshall McLuhan
A banana taped to a... Read More Children's event

Sanaa Chabbani: A Germ Looking for Fame
Date/Time: Sunday 6 February 2022 14:00-15:00Venue: Chia, Hilton, Al Habtoor City
Language: Arabic
Age: 4-7Session No. 128
Age: 4-7Session No. 128
AED 40
This session is only available in Arabic. Please change your language settings a... Read More Children's event

Erin Entrada Kelly: We Dream of Space
Date/Time: Sunday 6 February 2022 15:00-16:00Venue: Al Joud Ballroom 3, Hilton, Al Habtoor City
Language: English
Age: 10+Session No. 14
Age: 10+Session No. 14
AED 40
Let Erin Entrada Kelly transport you to 1986 to meet Fitch, Bird and Cash, three... 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

Fatima Daoui: Don't Look Down
Date/Time: Sunday 6 February 2022 17:00-18:00Venue: Carnation, Hilton, Al Habtoor City
Language: EnglishSession No. 149
AED 65
Al Arabiya News anchor Fatima Daoui wrote Don’t Look Down to help the next gener... Read More Special Event

David Walliams: Gangsta Granny Strikes Again!
Date/Time: Sunday 6 February 2022 17:30-18:30Venue: Al Habtoor Ballroom, Habtoor Palace, Al Habtoor City
Language: English
Age: 7+Session No. 45
Age: 7+Session No. 45
AED 75
It’s Gangsta Granny’s tenth anniversary! David Walliams is here to bring the cha... Read More Adult event

Marina Wheeler: The Lost Homestead
Date/Time: Sunday 6 February 2022 18:00-19:00Venue: Al Joud Ballroom 1, Hilton, Al Habtoor City
Language: EnglishSession No. 10
AED 65
The partition of India provoked mass unrest and displacement. One of the displac... Read More Adult event

The Sultan’s Feast: Daniel L Newman & Salma Serry
Date/Time: Sunday 6 February 2022 18:00-19:00Venue: Roof Terrace, Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai
Language: EnglishSession No. 46
AED 65
Arabic cookbooks go back a long way – to the tenth century, to be precise. Nine ... 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

Poetry Evening with Afra Atiq, Carlos Andrés Gómez & Brent Shuttleworth
Date/Time: Monday 7 February 2022 19:30-20:30Venue: Dubai Millennium Amphitheatre, Expo 2020, Dubai
Language: EnglishSession No. 48
Free Entry
Award-winning poets Dr Afra Atiq and Carlos Andrés Gómez (representing Dubai and... Read More Adult event

Tom Hudson: Exponential Emirates
Date/Time: Tuesday 8 February 2022 15:00-16:00Venue: Al Joud Ballroom 1, Hilton, Al Habtoor City
Language: EnglishSession No. 167
Free Entry
Join us as we celebrate the extraordinary achievements of the first 50 years of ... Read More Prize Giving

RGS Guildford Dubai Children's Letter Writing Competition Prize Giving
Date/Time: Tuesday 8 February 2022 17:00-18:00Venue: Al Joud Ballroom 3, Hilton, Al Habtoor City
Language: AR/ENSession No. 730
Free Entry
Join us as we celebrate the talented winners of the RGS Guildford Dubai Children... 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

The Thing with Feathers: Danabelle Gutierrez, Mark Fiddes, Omar Sabbagh & Sascha A Akhtar
Date/Time: Wednesday 9 February 2022 14:00-15:00Venue: Al Joud Ballroom 3, Hilton, Al Habtoor City
Language: EnglishSession No. 118
Free Entry
‘Hope is the thing with feathers / That perches in the soul / And sings the tune... Read More Adult event

Memorable Flavours
Date/Time: Wednesday 9 February 2022 15:00-16:00Venue: Al Joud Ballroom 1, Hilton, Al Habtoor City
Language: EnglishSession No. 119
Free Entry
Living in the UAE is like living with a confluence of myriad different cultures,... Read More Workshop Children

Exploring Songwriting & Poetry: Workshop with Brent Shuttleworth & Carlos Andrés Gómez
Date/Time: Wednesday 9 February 2022 16:30-17:30Venue: Carnation, Hilton, Al Habtoor City
Language: English
Age: 14+Session No. 816
Age: 14+Session No. 816
AED 100
Trailblazing musician, Brent Shuttleworth, and award-winning author, Carlos Andr... Read More Special Event

Crushing it with GaryVee
Date/Time: Wednesday 9 February 2022 19:00-20:00Venue: Al Joud Ballroom, Hilton, Al Habtoor City
Language: EnglishSession No. 50
AED 75
Based on his latest bestselling book, Gary shares how he has embraced soft skill... Read More Special Event

Fresh Air, Fresh Lyrics: An Open Mic Night
Date/Time: Wednesday 9 February 2022 19:30-21:00Venue: Firefly Lounge, Hilton, Al Habtoor City
Language: English, Urdu & PunjabiSession No. 51
Free Entry
We live in a region steeped in poetic tradition with a powerful spoken word scen... Read More