Special tribute to Hamdan Bin Rashid

This year’s Emirati strand, sponsored by Dubai Culture, runs throughout the programme, celebrating the culture of the country.

It will provide an opportunity for Emirati and international authors to share ideas and have meaningful conversations on a range of topics that appeal to the multicultural audiences that fill the sessions.

Highlights include Shaikha Latifa Bint Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum discussing her literary tribute to her late father Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Portraits from the UAE’

It will bring together 50 portraits of the country’s people, flora and fauna, through the UAE’s history and memories, painting an intimate picture of life in the UAE, the transformation it has witnessed and its ambitions for the future.