In Focus | Festival of Literature
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Monday Mar 14
User-generated media is the new nervous system of the planet
Fundamental changes are happening in the way in which news and information spreads around the globe, veteran BBC World Service presenter Nik Gowing
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Sunday Mar 13
Compassion is not only to have an open heart, but also to speak out
Intellectuals in the field of religious and human studies discuss compassion at Literature Festival
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Saturday Mar 12
Up close and personal with Mistress of Curries
Madhur Jaffrey in conversation with Jane Hodges at Emirates Festival of Literature
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Saturday Mar 12
From A to B with Ali
Dubai was brought to life in Emirati filmmaker Ali Mustafa’s cinematic feature City of Life
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Saturday Mar 12
Nine budding writers see their short stories in print
Montegrappa students writing competition winners announced at Emirates Airline Festival of Literature
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Saturday Mar 12
Emirati poets fire up audience's imagination
Delicately weave traditional and modern themes
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Friday Mar 11
The real enemy is ignorance, says Greg Mortenson
One of greatest fears is not bullet, it’s a pen, says top writer at Emirates Airline Festival of Literature
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Friday Mar 11
A first person account of crime fiction class
A former stand-up comic, Billingham’s ability to connect with the participants was very good
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Friday Mar 11
Censorship not a modern invention: Kate Adie
Almost worldwide, the really grisly stuff of war does not get onscreen, she says
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Friday Mar 11
Creating a perfect world has its own problems
Atwood's novel tackles the downside of social transformation
