This is the 15th year for the Emirates Festival of Literature. There will be around 250 authors and other session participants in town; that’s a far cry from the 65 or so who were at the inaugural edition in 2009, [ … ]
Quoz Arts Fest – described as “the only festival in Dubai where art, food, live music, performance and educational activations converge” – has now been running annually since 2012, usually during the last weekend of January. This year’s tenth QAF [ … ]
We’ve been browsing the newly released schedule for the upcoming Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature, and as always there are some major attractions. First impressions: the Arabic programme looks great, broader than in past years. There’s a lot of accessible [ … ]
Sharjah Film Platform is back, spotlighting independent cinema, documentary filmmaking and moving image works that play on new approaches to film and art. The fifth edition of Sharjah Art Foundation’s annual film festival isn’t overcrowded; small but perfectly formed just [ … ]
SIFF – the Sharjah International Film Festival for Children and Youth – is a magpie favourite among highly-targeted UAE festivals, thanks partly to its openness in selection but mostly because of the unselfconscious enthusiasm of the audiences. The ninth SIFF [ … ]
The Sharjah Architecture Triennial has been reconstituted as an official Foundation, under the commendably predictable name Sharjah Architecture Triennial Foundation (aka SATF). The Emiri Decree signed a couple of weeks ago by the Ruler of Sharjah, Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad [ … ]
The 14th Emirates Airline Festival of Literature held in February certainly demonstrated how quickly it was able to recover from the effects of the pandemic: more than 105,000 people attended the Festival, either in person or through the online sessions, [ … ]
After two years of Covid-induced postponement, Sikka is back … and different. Some things remain the same, of course, including the location. The Festival again takes over Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood for its 10th edition, running from 15 – 24 [ … ]
The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature is bringing some of the world’s best / most interesting writers to Dubai 3-12 February. We’ve been going through the list to pick out some recommendations for you. This time: ten nonfiction authors, why [ … ]
We’ve been trawling the list of authors appearing at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature – back in person 3-12 February – to pick out some recommendations for you. This time: fiction authors, what they wrote, and where you can [ … ]
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