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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 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 Children's event
The Neighbour's Tree: Jekar Khourchid & Manal Mahgoub
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 17:30-18:15Venue: Al Amwaj II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: Arabic
Age: 6-9Session No: 161
Age: 6-9Session No: 161
AED 40
What does the tree next door hold? What exciting events occur among our neighbou... 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
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 Free Event
Maryam Al Zarooni: My Father, The Giant Canary
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 17:30-18:15Venue: Al Amwaj I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: Arabic
Age: 6-9Session No: 292
Age: 6-9Session No: 292
Free Entry
This session is only available in Arabic. Please change your language settings a... Read More Adult event
Mohsin Hamid: The Last White Man
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 18:30-19:30Venue: Al Riwaq II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 72
AED 60 - AED 75
One morning Anders wakes up experiencing a body dystopia of sorts when he to fin... Read More Adult event
Writing Through the Lens: Noura Al Noman, Nujoom Al Ghanem & Sara Galadari
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 18:30-19:30Venue: MBRL Amphitheatre, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: ArabicSession No: 75
AED 60
If you enjoy science fiction in books, TV and film, join Noura Al Noman, author... Read More Adult event
Anthony Geffen: The Future of Storytelling
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 19:00-20:00Venue: Al Baraha III, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 65
AED 60
Anthony Geffen, top documentary filmmaker and pioneer in multiplatform storytell... Read More Film Screenings
Kit De Waal: My Name is Leon Film Screening
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 19:00-21:00Venue: MBRL Theatre, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: EnglishSession No: 117
AED 25 - AED 45
We are delighted to screen the acclaimed film adaptation of Kit de Waal’s My Nam... Read More Adult event
Zeina Hashem Beck: O
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 19:00-20:00Venue: Al Amwaj II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 134
AED 60
Embrace the limits of language, ruminate on home and exile, and immerse yourself... 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 Free Event
Layla May: Eternal Through Music
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 19:00-19:35Venue: Al Riwaq I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 185
Free Entry
With her distinct vocal runs and her wandering spirit, Layla May floats through ... Read More Adult event
A Single Crime isn’t Enough – The Detective Game: Ibrahim Al Marzooqi & Noha Daoud
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 19:30-20:30Venue: Al Amwaj I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: ArabicSession No: 144
AED 60
How will we find out ‘whodunnit ’?
Don’t worry! With the help of crime fiction ... 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 Free Event
Antigone Retold
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 20:00-21:00Venue: MBRL Amphitheatre, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: EnglishSession No: 194
Free Entry
Watch the live theatrical performance of the play Antigone Retold, a reimagining... Read More Free Event
LitFest Launchpad: Amandeep Ahuja, Carla Barbara Coppi, Darrel Perkins, Mansi Choksi & Mariana Missakian
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 20:00-21:00Venue: Al Riwaq I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 204
Free Entry
The LitFest Launchpad provides UAE-based authors a chance to introduce their lat... Read More Adult event
Letters to Old Friends: Alexander McCall Smith, Faye Brann & Sudha Murty
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 20:30-21:30Venue: Al Riwaq II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 63
AED 60
Who doesn’t miss receiving a letter in the post? There are some letters that we ... Read More Adult event
Poems as Old Friends: Lemn Sissay, Mookie Katigbak-Lacuesta & Tishani Doshi
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 20:30-21:30Venue: Al Baraha II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 136
AED 60
What constitutes an old friend? It can be anything from the high school friend y... Read More Adult event
Karen McManus: Nothing More to Tell
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 20:30-21:30Venue: Al Baraha III, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: English
Age: 16+Session No: 236
Age: 16+Session No: 236
AED 40
Karen M. McManus will be joining virtually.
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