Tickets for the 2014 Emirates Airline
Festival of Literature will go on sale to the public on Tuesday, January 21 at WHSmith
outlets in Dubai Mall (lower-ground level), Oasis Centre Mall, Marina Mall and
Al Wahda Mall, Abu Dhabi and online at www.emirateslitfest.com.
The Festival
will take place in Dubai from 4 to 8 March under the patronage of His Highness
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice-President & Prime Minister
and Ruler of Dubai, and in partnership with Emirates and the Dubai Culture
& Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the Emirate’s dedicated Authority for
culture, arts, and heritage. The Festival is now part of the Emirates
Literature Foundation, which was established last year by Royal decree.
Festival
Director Isobel Abulhoul said of the programme, “We look forward to welcoming
more than 150 authors, celebrities and speakers from around the world who are
attending the Festival this year. During five packed days, festival goers can
choose from around 300 sessions covering a wide variety of genres and topics
including women’s issues, journalism,
history, biography as well as workshops and masterclasses on writing,
illustration and self-help, plus, very
importantly, a chance to meet your favourite authors and discover new
ones too. Tickets are already selling out fast to the Festival Friends, so we are
expecting a packed Festival.”
The LitFest
will be holding the Festival Prologue, a series of creative writing workshops, on
the weekend before the Festival, on February 28 and March 1. The Prologue includes
fiction writing, script-writing and paper-sculpting workshops by Sherry
Ashworth, Mohammed Achaari, Anjum Malik and Dave Wood.
The Festival
begins with a grand Opening Ceremony, to be held in Al Mamzar, with Paddy
Ashdown, Pam Ayres, Jeremy Paxman and Tim Rice in conversation with Riz Khan.
The
following evening offers a majestic treat for poetry-lovers with the return of Desert
Stanzas, a night of poetry and music Nestled in the sand dunes. The second
Desert Stanzas will feature UAE poets Khalid Albudoor and Khulood Al Mu'alla,
who will be joined by former UK Poet Laureate Andrew Motion, Berlin-based slam
poet Frank Klötgen, Lemn Sissay, the official poet of the London 2012 Olympics
and international Chinese poet, novelist and painter Yan Li. The poets will
recite their works in a fabulous desert setting accompanied by authentic Arabic
fare.
Sessions start
on Thursday with the Female Focus morning, followed by the massively popular Murder
Mystery Dinner, a light-hearted dinner where would-be sleuths have the chance
to solve a crime with the help of authors.
A brand new event, Friday
Rhythms, makes its debut on Friday night. The evening of poetry and music
includes a rock/poetry fusion performance by LiTTLe MaCHiNe among others. Closing
Night brings together authors and participants to celebrate the Festival past
and to look forward to 2015.
New for this year is the
Literary Idol, a cross between Dragon’s Den and Pop Idol, where writers can
anonymously have their work critiqued by a panel of experts. Another new event
is Big Ideas, where authors take the stage to talk about a subject of their
choosing.
A number of exciting
masterclasses and workshops will once again be part of the programme with
subjects ranging from writing picture books (Vivian French) and writing memoir
and biography (Raja Shehadeh and DJ Taylor), workshops on Arabic Script-writing
by Mohammed Hassan, poetry workshops by Frank Klötgen and LiTTLe MaCHiNe along
with Mariam Al Saedi’s creative writing workshop in Arabic.
The Festival will once
again have the Penguin Fringe for children and adults, the Penguin Reading
Garden and the Timeout Kids’ Zone. New this year will be a calligraphy
exhibition with works by Mourad Boutros, Hassan Massoudy and Dave Wood.
The full author line-up,
programme and tickets are available online at www.emirateslitfest.com. Tickets can be purchased in person
at WH Smith. The Festival operates a dedicated membership scheme called
Festival Friends which offers discounts on tickets as well as benefit packages.
For more details of the Festival
please visit www.emirateslitfest.com.
Join us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/emirateslitfest),
Twitter (www.twitter.com/emirateslitfest),
Instagram (http://instagram.com/EmiratesLitFest)
and YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/user/EmiratesLitFest)
for competitions and more updates.
Forename
|
Last
name
|
Nationality
|
Genre
|
One-Liner
|
|
Kamal
|
Abdel-Malek
|
Egyptian
|
|
Academic
and novelist with an interest in cultural encounters. Author of 'America in
an Arab Mirror' and 'Come with Me from Jerusalem'
|
|
Dubai
|
Abulhoul
|
Emirati
|
Fantasy/ Sci-fi/ Children/ YA
|
Young
Emirati author of ‘Galagolia: The Hidden Divination’
|
|
Mohammed
|
Achaari
|
Moroccan
|
Literary Fiction
|
Moroccan
poet, joint winner of the 2011 International Prize for Arabic Fiction
|
|
Kate
|
Adie
|
British
|
History/ Journalism
|
Renowned
British reporter and author of non-fiction including 'The Kindness of
Strangers', 'Into Danger' and 'Fighting on the Home Front'
|
|
Amal
Al
|
Agroobi
|
Emirati
|
|
Emirati
filmmaker, whose documentaries include 'Half Emirati' and 'The Brain that
Sings'
|
|
Mohammad
Hassan
|
Ahmed
|
|
Script-writer
|
[FYI -Workshop 810]
|
|
Khalid
|
Albudoor
|
Emirati
|
Poetry
|
Emirati
modernist poet, film producer and co-founder of the Emirati Writers' Union
|
|
Jim
|
Al-Khalili
|
Iraqi
|
Science/ Technology
|
Leading
theoretical physicist and youngest ever recipient of the Michael Faraday
prize for scientific communication
|
|
Ali
|
Alsaloom
|
Emirati
|
Society
|
Emirati
cultural spokesperson and environmental awareness ambassador, best known for
his 'Ask Ali' column in The National
|
|
Saud
|
Alsanousi
|
Kuwaiti
|
Literary Fiction
|
Kuwaiti
novelist and journalist, whose novel 'The Bamboo Stalk' won the 2013
International Prize for Arabic Fiction
|
|
Abdullah
|
Al-Shwaikh
|
Emirati
|
Journalism
|
Journalist
and director of media affairs for various UAE government entities, currently
working on various government social media projects
|
|
|
Amish
|
Indian
|
Fiction/ Publishing/ Celeb/ Arts/ Folk Tales
|
Acclaimed
as 'India's Tolkien'; author of the Shiva Trilogy, the fastest-selling book
series in Indian history
|
|
Charles
|
Arthur
|
British
|
Journalism/ Science/ Technology
|
Technology
editor for the Guardian and author of 'Digital Wars: Apple, Google, Microsoft
and the Battle for the Internet'
|
|
Paddy
|
Ashdown
|
British
|
History/ Society/ Politics
|
British
diplomat, former leader of the Liberal Democrat Party and author of 'A
Brilliant Little Operation: The Cockleshell Heroes and the Most Courageous
Raid of World War 2'
|
|
Pam
|
Ayres
|
English
|
Poetry/ Biography/ Memoir
|
English
poet, comedian, songwriter and presenter of radio and television programmes;
her most recent collection is 'You Made Me Late Again!'
|
|
Mona
Al
|
Bahar
|
Emirati
|
|
Director
of the social development programme of the Emirates Foundation
|
|
Jody
|
Ballard
|
American
|
Personal Development
|
Artist,
novelist and founder of women's wellness programmes, author of 'The Smell of
Mud'
|
|
Samar
Mahfouz
|
Barraj
|
Lebanese
|
Children/ YA
|
Lebanese
author and translator, four of whose books for children have been shortlisted
for the Etisalat Award
|
|
Mohammed
Al Murr
|
Belabed
|
Emirati
|
Poetry
|
Emirati
poet who has participated in cultural events throughout the Gulf
|
|
Amal
|
Belhoul
|
Emirati
|
|
Advisor
to Watani and author of 'Al Muwatana El Salha', which will be published at
the 2013 Emirates Lit Fest
|
|
Dherar
|
Belhoul
|
Emirati
|
|
Director
General of Watani and author of 'Kharej El Nas'
|
|
Henry
|
Blofeld
|
British
|
Biography/ Memoir/ Sport
|
British
sports journalist, cricket commentator for the BBC's Test Match special and
author of ‘Squeezing the Orange’
|
|
Luigi
|
Bonomi
|
British
|
Publishing
|
Leading
literary agent whose clients include Terry Wogan, and also the judge of the
Montegrappa First Fiction competition
|
|
Mourad
|
Boutros
|
Lebanese
|
Calligraphy
|
One
of the world’s most outstanding Arabic calligraphers, designers and typographers,
founder of Boutros International
|
|
Arlette
|
Boutros
|
Lebanese
|
Calligraphy & Cookery
|
Distinguished
typographer, interior designer and writer, who also has a passion for
Lebanese food demonstrated in her acclaimed cookbook, ‘Enjoy’
|
|
Jeremy
|
Bowen
|
Welsh
|
Journalism/ TV Production
|
BBC
Middle East Editor and author of the books 'Six Days' and 'War Stories'
|
|
John
|
Boyne
|
Irish
|
Historical/ Fiction/ Children/ YA
|
Author
of books for both adults and children, including internationally bestselling
'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' and most recently 'This House is
Haunted' and 'Stay Where You Are And Then Leave'
|
|
AA
|
Bukhatir
|
Emirati
|
Fantasy/ Sci-fi/ Children/ YA
|
Performer,
author and businessman, founder of a mobile game development company and
author of 'Dragon boy and the Witches of Galza'
|
|
Oliver
|
Burkeman
|
American
|
Journalism/ Psychology
|
Award-winning
journalist, author of 'The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand
Positive Thinking'
|
|
John
|
Burningham
|
English
|
Children/ YA
|
Acclaimed
children's illustrator, two-time Greenaway Medal-winner for 'Borka' and 'Mr
Gumpy's Outing', and 2014 UK nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award.
|
|
Darcey
|
Bussell
|
English
|
Celeb/ Arts
|
Widely
considered to be one of the greatest English ballerinas of all time, awarded
a CBE in 2006.
|
|
Linda
|
Chaccour
|
Lebanese
|
|
Certified
Youth, Family and Parent Coach and founder of EMERGE – Personal and Youth
Coaching in Dubai
|
|
Taghred
|
Chandab
|
American
|
Children/ YA/ Journalism/ Language
|
Lebanese-Australian
children's author interested in promoting cultural awareness and tolerance,
best known for 'The Perfect Flower Girl'
|
|
Rajiv
|
Chandrasekaran
|
Indian-American
|
History/ Journalism/ Society/ Politics
|
National
Editor of the Washington Post and author of the highly-acclaimed 'Imperial
Life in the Emerald City' and ‘Little America: The War within the War for
Afghanistan’
|
|
Ha-Joon
|
Chang
|
Korean
|
Journalism/ Business/ Economy
|
Award-winning
economist, author of '23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism' and
'Economics: A User's Guide'
|
|
Melanie
|
Chappuis
|
Swiss
|
Fiction/ Journalism
|
Novelist
and journalist, author of 'Maculée conception' and 'Des baisers froids comme
la lune', 2012 recipient of the Canton of Vaud La relève award
|
|
Amit
|
Chaudhuri
|
Indian
|
Literary Fiction/ Music/ Travel/ Place
|
Author,
critic and musician, winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Betty
Trask Award among others, his most recent book is 'Calcutta: Two Years in the
City'
|
|
Eoin
|
Colfer
|
Irish
|
Comic Book/ Children/ YA
|
Author
of 'Airman', 'Half-Moon Investigations', 'WARP' and the award-winning
'Artemis Fowl' series, as well as crime novels for adults
|
|
Justin
|
Cronin
|
American
|
Fantasy/ Sci-fi
|
Author
of 'The Passage' and 'The Twelve'
|
|
Hayley
|
Doyle
|
British
|
|
Novelist,
radio presenter and founder of Hayley’s Comet Theatre Company in Dubai,
specialising in acting and musical theatre training for children and
teenagers.
|
|
Kyra
|
Dupont
Troubetzkoy
|
Swiss
|
Fiction/ Journalism
|
French-Swiss
journalist and novelist, author of 'Le Hasard a tout prévu', currently
working on a project on Emirati women
|
|
Nicholas
|
Evans
|
English
|
Crime/Thriller/ Literary Fiction/ TV Production
|
Film
producer, screenwriter and author of 'The Horse Whisperer' and 'The Brave'
|
|
Mohammed
Al
|
Fahim
|
Emirati
|
Society/ Politics
|
Emirati
businessman, philanthropist and author of 'From Rags to Riches: A Story of
Abu Dhabi'
|
|
Liz
|
Fenwick
|
British
|
Historical/ Romantic Fiction
|
Dubai-based
author of 'The Cornish House' and 'A Cornish Affair'
|
|
Orlando
|
Figes
|
British
|
History
|
Historian
of Russia best known for 'A People's Tragedy', as well as 'The Whisperers'
and ‘Just Send Me Word’
|
|
Mohammad
Ahmed
|
Fikree
|
Emirati
|
|
Illustrator
of the graphic novel ‘Martyrs of the Flag’
|
|
Judy
|
Finnigan
|
British
|
Fiction/ TV Production/ Celeb/ Arts
|
One
half of Richard & Judy, and co-founder of Richard & Judy's Book Club,
as well as being an author in her own right with ‘Eloise’
|
|
Nicolas
|
Forzy
|
French
|
|
Head
of Creative Development at content agency e-Motion and author of
'Alphanumeric', to be published in March 2014
|
|
Vivian
|
French
|
Scottish
|
Children/ YA
|
Prolific
children's author whose 250 books include the 'Tales from the Five Kingdoms',
'Draglins', 'Sparkle Street' and 'Tiara Club' series
|
|
Seumas
|
Gallacher
|
Scottish
|
Crime/Thriller
|
Crime
writer whose books include 'Vengeance Wears Black' and 'Savage Payback',
voted blogger of the year 2013
|
|
Sally
|
Gardner
|
British
|
Children/ YA/ Special Needs
|
Author
of the Nestle Gold Award-winning 'I, Coriander' and the Carnegie
Medal-winning 'Maggot Moon'
|
|
Manal
Al
|
Ghdani
|
Emirati
|
Children/ YA
|
Emirati
author of 'Ubar, The Lost City'
|
|
Rafia
|
Ghubash
|
Emirati
|
|
Professor
of psychiatry, founder of UAE Women's Museum and author of the biography of
the renowned Emirati poet Ousha Bint Khalifa Al Swaidi
|
|
Parween
|
Habib
|
Bahraini
|
Poetry/ Journalism/ TV Production
|
Poet
and academic, 2011 winner of the George Washington University Dynamic Woman
Award, working on developing methods of teaching the Arabic language
|
|
Khalaf
Al
|
Habtoor
|
Emirati
|
|
|
|
Rachel
|
Hamilton
|
British
|
Children/ YA
|
Runner-up
in the first Montegrappa First Fiction competition, her children's book 'The
Case of the Exploding Loo' won her representation by Luigi Bonomi and a book
deal with Simon & Schuster
|
|
Joanne
|
Harris
|
British
|
Literary Fiction/ Fantasy/ Sci-fi/ Folk Tales
|
Author
of the bestselling 'Chocolat' and many more novels, most recently 'Peaches
for Monsieur le Curé' and 'The Gospel of Loki'
|
|
David
|
Heard
|
British
|
History/ Society/ Politics
|
Longtime
UAE resident and author of 'From Pearls to Oil'
|
|
Frauke
|
Heard-Bey
|
German
|
History/ Society/ Politics
|
Historian
and political scientist who has written extensively about the region
|
|
Charlie
|
Higson
|
English
|
Comic Fiction/ Children/ YA/ TV Production/ Celeb/ Arts
|
Author
and comedy writer, best known for the book series 'Young Bond' and 'The
Enemy' and TV shows including 'The Fast Show'
|
|
Accalia
|
Hipwood
|
British
|
Festival Story-teller
|
Dubai
Radio Presenter with a radio career spanning over 20 years
|
|
Kathy
|
Hoopmann
|
Australian
|
Children/ YA
|
UAE-based
author of 'All Cats have Asperger Syndrome' and the award-winning 'Inside
Asperger's Looking Out'
|
|
Rachel
|
Hore
|
British
|
Historical/ Romantic Fiction
|
Author
of six novels, most recently 'The Silent Tide’, and Tutor in Creative Writing
and Publishing at the University of East Anglia
|
|
Georgina
|
Howell
|
British
|
History/ Biography/ Memoir/ Travel/ Place
|
Author
of 'Daughter of the Desert', an acclaimed biography of Gertrude Bell
|
|
Nasser
Al
|
Jaberi
|
Emirati
|
Children/ YA
|
|
|
Peter
|
James
|
British
|
Crime/Thriller/ TV Production
|
Author
of the bestselling Roy Grace detective novels, most recently 'Dead Man's
Time'
|
|
Buffi
|
Jashanmal
|
Bahraini
|
|
Author
of 'Buffi's Dress Design' and former contestant on 'Project Runway'
|
|
Julia
|
Johnson
|
British
|
Children/ YA
|
UAE-based
author of children's books, including 'One Humpy Grumpy Camel' and 'Leopard Boy'
|
|
Penny
|
Johnson
|
American
|
Society/ Politics
|
Co-editor
of 'Seeking Palestine: New Palestinian Writing on Exile and Home' and
associate editor of 'Jerusalem Quarterly'
|
|
Mossabeh
Al
|
Kaabi
|
Emirati
|
Poetry
|
Emirati
poet honored by UNESCO for his poetry and literature
|
|
Rashid
Al
|
Kashf
|
Emirati
|
Poetry
|
Regular
participant in personal and professional development workshops in leadership,
team building, communication and presentation skills.
|
|
Ali
Ahmed
|
Kashwani
|
Emirati
|
|
|
|
Hala
|
Kazim
|
Emirati
|
|
Emirati
artist and creator of 'Journey Through Change'
|
|
Houriya
|
Kazim
|
Emirati
|
|
The
UAE's first woman surgeon and founder of Dubai's only breast cancer support
group
|
|
Simon
|
Kernick
|
British
|
Crime/Thriller
|
Bestselling
author of 'Relentless', 'Siege' and 'Ultimatum', among others. His novels are
praised for their breakneck pace
|
|
Saniyasnain
|
Khan
|
Indian
|
Children/ YA/ Publishing/ Society/ Politics
|
Indian
television host and children's author with more than 100 children's books
dealing with Islamic themes and issues
to his credit
|
|
Maitha
Al
|
Khayat
|
Emirati
|
Children/ YA
|
Emirati
children's author, whose book 'My Own Special Way' was named Best Children's
Book at the 2011 Riyadh Children's Forum
|
|
Tessa
|
Kiros
|
Greek
|
Cookery
|
Cookbook
author known for her evocation of place and taste in her books, which include
'Falling Cloudberries' and 'Recipes and Dreams from Italian Life'
|
|
Frank
|
Klötgen
|
German
|
Poetry
|
Slam
poet, writer of hyperfictions and singer in the band Marilyn's Army, his most
recent book is 'Büdchenzauber und Zechenverse', a mixture of novel, poetry
and tourist guide
|
|
Camilla
|
Läckberg
|
Swedish
|
Crime/Thriller
|
Swedish
crime writer whose books have been translated into 33 languages
|
|
Andy
|
Lake
|
British
|
Business/ Economy/ Environment
|
Specialist
in Smart and Flexible Working, author of 'Smart Flexibility', 'Can
Homeworking Save the Planet?' and the novel 'Shades of Green'
|
|
Christina
|
Lamb
|
British
|
Journalism/ Biography/ Memoir
|
Sunday
Times US Editor, five-time Foreign Correspondent of the Year and author of
books including 'Small Wars Permitting' and co-author of ‘I Am Malala’
|
|
Gabriele
|
Landwehr
|
German
|
|
Executive
Manager and Regional Director of the Goethe Institut Gulf Region
|
|
Prue
|
Leith
|
South
African
|
Cookery/ Business/ Economy
|
Restaurateur,
cookery writer, businesswoman and novelist, whose most recent work is her
memoir 'Relish'
|
|
Julie
|
Lewis
|
British
|
Self-development
|
Adventurer
and personal development expert who led an expedition of UAE breast cancer
survivors to Antarctica
|
|
|
LiTTLe
MACHiNe
|
British
|
Poetry/ Music/ Celeb/ Arts
|
Trio
of poets and musicians who set well-known poems to music and perform them
|
|
Tim
|
Mackintosh-Smith
|
British
|
History/ Travel/ Place/ TV Production
|
Author
of a trilogy of books following in the footsteps of the great traveller Ibn
Battuta
|
|
Richard
|
Madeley
|
British
|
Fiction/ TV Production/ Celeb/ Arts
|
One
half of Richard & Judy, and co-founder of Richard & Judy's Book Club;
now an author in his own tight with ‘Some Day I’ll Find You’
|
|
Sahar
Naja
|
Mahfouz
|
Lebanese
|
Children/ YA
|
UAE-based
Lebanese children's author, whose books include 'Zarafa Melia', and founder
of the writers' group HUNNA
|
|
Francesca
|
Main
|
British
|
Publishing
|
Editorial
Director of Picador UK, chosen in 2011 by the British Council to participate
in a UK editors' tour of China
|
|
Alia
|
Mamdouh
|
Iraqi
|
Literary Fiction
|
Iraqi
novelist, essayist, and journalist whose novel ‘The Loved Ones’ won the
Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature in 2004.
|
|
Falah
Al
|
Marri
|
Emirati
|
Poetry
|
Emirati
poet who began composing at age 14
|
|
Hassan
|
Massoudy
|
Iraqi
|
Calligraphy
|
Calligrapher
whose work is influenced by tradition, by his study of modern art and by his
frequent collaboration in stage productions
|
|
Lara
|
Matossian-Roberts
|
Armenian
|
|
Writer,
actor and director, on the committee of the Dubai Drama Group and Lead
Coordinator for the Dubai Science Festival
|
|
Mohamed
Al
|
Matroushi
|
Emirati
|
|
Emirati
journalist and tv and radio presenter
|
|
Mohammad
Al
|
Mazrouei
|
Emirati
|
|
Manager
of the Emirati Writers' Union - Abu Dhabi and Director of Cultural
Programming at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair
|
|
John
|
McCarthy
|
British
|
Biography/ Memoir/ Travel/ Place/ Society/ Politics
|
British
journalist, writer and broadcaster who was taken hostage hostage in Lebanon
on his first assignment and for five years, which became the basis for his
book 'Some Other Rainbow'
|
|
Sarah
|
McIntyre
|
British-American
|
Comic Book/ Children/ YA
|
Writer
& illustrator whose works include 'Morris the Mankiest Monster', 'You Can't
Eat a Princess' and 'Oliver and the Seawigs
|
|
Alexander
|
McNabb
|
British
|
Crime/Thriller
|
Digital
communications expert, author of 'Olives - A Violent Romance' and 'Beirut -
An Explosive Thriller'
|
|
Deon
|
Meyer
|
South
African
|
Crime/Thriller
|
Award-winning
South African thriller author, whose books published in English include
'Seven Days' and 'Trackers'
|
|
Fatma
Al
|
Mheiri
|
Emirati
|
|
Illustrator
of children's books, including 'Hungry Rosy' and 'Alhamdulillah for my
Grandmother'
|
|
Sara
Khalifa Al
|
Mheri
|
Emirati
|
|
Emirati
communication professional & project manager currently working for
Emirates NBD Group IT
|
|
Pankaj
|
Mishra
|
Indian
|
History/ Journalism/ Society/ Politics
|
Journalist,
novelist and travel writer, author of the Orwell Prize-nominated 'From the
Ruins of Empire'
|
|
Moni
|
Mohsin
|
Pakistani
|
Journalism/ Society/ Politics
|
Novelist
and journalist, author of 'The Diary of a Social Butterfly', based on her
column in Pakistan's 'Friday Times'
|
|
Andrew
|
Motion
|
English
|
Poetry/ Biography/ Memoir
|
UK
Poet Laureate from 1999-2009, co-founder of the Poetry Archive and Poetry by
Heart, his most recent collection is 'The Customs House'
|
|
Jojo
|
Moyes
|
British
|
Historical/ Romantic Fiction
|
Two-times
winner of the Romantic Novel of the Year Award, author of 'Me Before You' and
the forthcoming 'I'll Take You There'
|
|
Khulood
Al
|
Mu'alla
|
Emirati
|
Poetry
|
Respected
Emirati poet, the first poet from the Gulf to win the Buland Al Haidari Award
for Young Arab Poets. Her most recent collection is 'I Hold the Edge of the
Light'
|
|
Abdulaziz
Al
|
Musallam
|
Emirati
|
Folk Tales
|
Director
of heritage and cultural affairs at the Sharjah Department of Culture and an
expert on the folk history of the UAE, renowned for his storytelling skills
|
|
Abdulaziz
Al
|
Najjar
|
Emirati
|
|
Author
of more than 40 children's books and founder of Al Salwa publishing house
|
|
Ibrahim
|
Nasrallah
|
Jordanian
|
Poetry/ Society/ Politics
|
Much-awarded
novelist and poet, whose works include the IPAF-shortlisted 'The Time of
White Horses'
|
|
Noura
Al
|
Noman
|
Emirati
|
Children/ YA/ Fantasy/ Sci-fi
|
Children's
author whose first Young Adult novel, 'Ajwan', is one of the handful of
science fiction novels published in Arabic
|
|
Nooreya
Al
|
Obaidli
|
Emirati
|
Children/ YA
|
[#123
Made in UAE]
|
|
Sarah
|
Odedina
|
English
|
Publishing
|
Publisher
who worked for Penguin and Bloomsbury before founding Hot Key Books, whose
publications include Sally Gardner's bestselling 'Maggot Moon'
|
|
Helen
|
Oxenbury
|
English
|
Children/ YA
|
Celebrated
children’s illustrator, having won the Kate Greenaway medal twice. Best known
for 'Farmer Duck' and 'We’re going on a Bear Hunt'
|
|
Patty
|
Paine
|
American
|
Children/ YA/ Folk Tales
|
Poet,
founding editor of 'diode poetry journal' and editor of 'The Donkey Lady and
Other Tales from the Arabian Gulf'
|
|
Katherine
|
Pancol
|
French
|
Fiction
|
Moroccan-born
French novelist known for the bestselling 'Les Yeux jaunes des crocodiles'
|
|
Anita
|
Papas
|
Lebanese
|
Self-development
|
Clinical
psychologist who is passionate about positivity and personal growth, author
of 'The Positive You!' and 'Go for It!'
|
|
Jeremy
|
Paxman
|
British
|
Journalism/ History/ Celeb/ Arts
|
BBC
journalist best known for his 'Newsnight' interviews and for presenting
'University Challenge'; author of 'The English' and 'On Royalty' among others
|
|
Fadwa
Al
|
Qasem
|
Palestinian
|
|
Author
and artist who writes in both Arabic and English
|
|
Mimi
|
Raad
|
Lebanese
|
|
Image
consultant for Al Arabiya News, fashion journalist and blogger
|
|
Philip
|
Reeve
|
British
|
Fantasy/ Sci-fi/ Children/ YA
|
Author
of the bestelling 'Mortal Engines' series, as well as 'Larklight', 'Here Lies
Arthur' and 'Oliver and the Seawigs'
|
|
Tim
|
Rice
|
British
|
Biography/ Memoir/ Music/ Sport/ Celeb/ Arts
|
Lyricist
and author whose stage musicals include 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat', 'Jesus Christ Superstar' and 'Evita'
|
|
Tony
|
Ross
|
British
|
Children/ YA
|
Award-winning
illustrator possibly best known for his work on the 'Horrid Henry' and
'Little Princess' series
|
|
Silvena
|
Rowe
|
British
|
Cookery
|
Top
chef and cookbook author, known for 'Country Show Cook Off' and her book
'Purple Citrus and Sweet Perfume'
|
|
Rima
|
Sabban
|
|
|
|
|
Mariam
Al
|
Saedi
|
Emirati
|
|
Emirati
writer of short stories
|
|
Wafaa
Al
|
Saffar
|
Qatari
|
|
Graphic
designer, filmmaker and artist from Qatar; illustrator of 'The Donkey Lady and
Other Tales from the Arabian Gulf'
|
|
Lubna
|
Sarwar
|
British-Pakistani
|
|
Teacher
who researched and developed 'Sandstruck in the UAE', a resource pack that
encourages self directed learning as well as a deeper understanding of the
Emirati culture and language
|
|
Ali
Al
|
Sayegh
|
Emirati
|
Poetry
|
Emirati
Businessman and poet, whose poems have been published in the collection
'Awdat Al Nawras'
|
|
Samineh
|
Shaheem
|
Iranian
|
|
Assistant
Professor of Psychology, founder of Bolt Down on Bullying who also introduced
Life Clubs to the UAE
|
|
Rashid
|
Sharar
|
Emirati
|
Poetry
|
Emirati
poet and performer, awarded the Fazza Order of Merit, presenter of the daily
radio show 'Whisper of Nabati Poetry' on Dubai Radio
|
|
Raja
|
Shehadeh
|
Palestinian
|
Journalism/ Travel/ Place/ Society/ Politics
|
Palestinian
lawyer and writer, founder of human rights organisation Al-Haq and author of Palestinian
Walks
|
|
Jamal
Al
|
Shehhi
|
Emirati
|
Publishing
|
Emirati
writer and publisher, founder of Kuttab publishing and host of ' Halaqat
Wasel' on Dubai TV
|
|
Francesca
|
Simon
|
British-American
|
Children/ YA
|
Creator
of the phenomenally popular 'Horrid Henry' series of children's books
|
|
Lemn
|
Sissay
|
Ethopian
|
Poetry
|
Poet,
playwright and author, official poet of the London 2012 Olympics and creator
of Landmark Poems installed throughout London and Manchester
|
|
William
|
Sitwell
|
British
|
Cookery/ History/ Journalism/ Publishing
|
Author
of 'The History of Food in 100 Recipes' and award-winning editor of 'Waitrose
Kitchen' magazine
|
|
Hani
|
Soubra
|
Lebanese
|
Society/ Politics
|
Author
of 'Conversations with Abed', 'Letters to Dalia' and most recently 'Islam and
Brand Misrepresentation'
|
|
Ahdaf
|
Soueif
|
Egyptian
|
Literary Fiction/ Journalism/ Society/ Politics
|
Author,
translator and political and cultural commentator known for her novel 'The
Map of Love', the first recipient of the Mahmoud Darwish Award
|
|
Yasir
|
Suleiman
|
Palestinian
|
|
Professor
of Modern Arabic Studies at the University of Cambridge and a former trustee
of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction
|
|
Khalid
Al
|
Suweidi
|
Emirati
|
|
Emirati
writer & columnist, author of 'Hero in Spite of Myself'
|
|
Mona
|
Tayim
|
Jordanian
|
Language
|
Novelist,
poet and journalist whose novels include the much talked-about 'Alarabizi
Waljadeh Wardeh'
|
|
DJ
|
Taylor
|
British
|
History/ Biography/ Memoir/ Sport
|
Novelist,
critic and biographer, author of the Whitbread-winning 'Orwell: The Life' and
'The Windsor Faction'
|
|
Nadine
|
Touma
|
Lebanese
|
Children/ YA/ Artists/ Publishing
|
Lebanese
artist, author and founder of publishing house Dar Onboz; her books include the popular 'Doodles'
|
|
Morgen
|
Witzel
|
British
|
Business/ Economy
|
Internationally-known
writer, lecturer and thinker, whose books on management include 'Management
from the Masters' and 'The Dragon and the Lotus'
|
|
Dave
|
Wood
|
Australian
|
Calligraphy
|
Australian
calligrapher and designer
|
|
Rewa
|
Zeinati
|
Lebanese-American
|
Poetry
|
Author
of 'Nietzsche's Camel Must Die' and founding editor of Sukoon Magazine
|
|
|
Zep
|
Swiss
|
Comic Book
|
Artist
and cartoonist, creator of Titeuf and 2004 recipient of the Angoulême Grand
Prize
|
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