Press Release: Events
Dubai To Host First Emirates Airline International Festival Of Literature
Posted at 8:00AM Friday 28 Mar 2008
Dubai will host the inaugural Emirates Airline International Festival of Literature (EAIFL) between 25th February and 1st March 2009. This is the first event of its kind on this scale in the Middle East. EAIFL will be an annual event, bringing together people of all nationalities to celebrate literature and reading in all its forms. The festival will be launched on Tuesday 15th April at London Book Fair 2008, which this year features the Arab World as its focus. EAIFL is directed by Isobel Abulhoul, director of Magrudy's, the region's leading chain of bookshops, and Bill Samuel, vice chairman of Foyles. Isobel Abulhoul said "This festival is the first of its kind in the Middle East to provide a showcase for authors from the region, as well as bringing internationally bestselling writers to a new audience." Headline sponsor Emirates Airline has recognised the benefits of attracting a literary audience to Dubai by adding an important exciting and cultural event to Dubai's burgeoning calendar. Participating authors will be household names in such genres as fiction, children's, lifestyle and sport. Dubai Cultural Council is also keen to support the Festival and will help attract leading authors, poets and translators from the Arab World.
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