This year, Emirates Airline Festival of Literature will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Ibn Battuta Prize for Travel Literature. This prestigious award carries with it the spirit of the famous medieval traveller and encourages a deeper understanding of the world through storytelling.
Writing
A new era of communication Two years ago, Jebar King, a writer by profession, was faced with the daunting task of drafting an obituary for his late grandmother. Grieving and unsure of where to begin, King, 31, was overwhelmed. “I was just like, there’s no way I can do this,” he recalls. Yet, amid his […]
The Dubai International Program for Writing (DIPW), one of the most remarkable knowledge projects of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF), launched the ‘Novel Writing Workshop’ in Jordan, which will last for four months. Instructed by Dr. Shahla Ujayli, an author and lecturer specializing in Arabic literature, the workshop will take place […]












