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          Literary festivals

          This week's Al Ain Book Festival will showcase 100,000 books and include more than 200 events. Pawan Singh / The National

          Five sessions not to miss at the 2024 Al Ain Book Festival

          BooksNovember 18, 2024
          Publishers from the UAE, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, the UK and India have gathered at the Sharjah International Book Fair. Pawan Singh / The National

          How good fiction can help the Middle East turn the page

          CommentNovember 15, 2024
          The festival will run from January 29 to February 3, 2025, at the InterContinental Dubai Festival City. Leslie Pableo for The National

          Emirates Airline Festival of Literature 2025 line-up revealed

          BooksNovember 12, 2024
          Sharjah International Book Fair runs until November 17 at Expo Centre Sharjah. Pawan Singh / The National

          Seven sessions not to miss at Sharjah International Book Fair

          BooksNovember 08, 2024
          'Books are bridges, bridges of thoughts, feelings, pain and celebrations,' Lebanese children’s author Sarah Abdullah says. Pawan Singh / The National

          Sharjah International Book Fair emphasises the power of storytelling

          BooksNovember 07, 2024
          Reem Bassiouney, who won the 2024 Sheikh Zayed Book Award in Abu Dhabi, was speaking on a panel at the Frankfurt International Book Fair. Victor Besa / The National

          Reem Bassiouney on the timeless appeal of Arabic historical fiction

          BooksOctober 21, 2024
          Former Palestinian minister of culture, Atef Abu Saif, documented the early horrors of the Israeli-Gaza war in memoir Don’t Look Left: A Diary of Genocide. Photo: Anadolu

          Palestine's former minister of culture recounts Israeli invasion

          BooksOctober 20, 2024
          Michael Barenboim says artists should maintain course and speak out in support of those suffering in Gaza. Getty Images

          Violinist Michael Barenboim warns of rising censorship in Germany

          BooksOctober 19, 2024
          Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz credits international translations of his work for winning the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. Getty Images

          'Authentic and honest': How Arabic literature can thrive in Europe

          Music & On-stageOctober 18, 2024
          Turkish author Elif Shafak at the opening press conference of the Frankfurt International Book Fair. She says writers can 'keep the flame of peace and human dignity alive'. AFP

          Elif Shafak warns against apathy towards Gaza at Frankfurt Book Fair

          BooksOctober 15, 2024
          The Sharjah Book Fair will run from November 6 to 17. Victor Besa / The National

          Sharjah Book Fair shows support for publishers from Palestine, Lebanon and Sudan

          BooksOctober 11, 2024
          The 43rd Sharjah International Book Fair will run between November 6 and 17 at the Expo Centre Sharjah. Photo: Victor Besa / The National

          Sharjah International Book Fair 2024: Authors and guestlist revealed

          BooksOctober 07, 2024
          The Hay Festival is a 10-day event that takes place every year in Wales

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          CommentJune 10, 2024
          Sharjah is the guest of honour at the Thessaloniki Book Fair. Photo: @sharjahbookauthority / Instagram

          Arabic, Greek and millennia of their melodic language connections

          BooksMay 18, 2024
          Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi and Greece Deputy Minister for Culture Christos Dimas at the Sharjah pavilion, which aims to share Emirati and Arab culture with visitors to the fair. Photo: @sharjahbookauthority / Instagram

          How Emirati stories are deepening UAE-Greece relationship

          CultureMay 17, 2024
          Egypt’s Naguib Mahfouz is the only Arab to have won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Victor Besa / The National

          How Egypt's rich history powers the novels of Naguib Mahfouz

          BooksMay 01, 2024