Is Literature A Destination Or A Journey
Is reading something you do because you enjoy it, or because you use it to reach somewhere? Would literary festivals help in growing the…
Opportunities Make Us or Break Us
We are who we are, largely because of the opportunities made possible to us by our country. For many, however, this is not the…
Discussing Elif Shafak's (@Elif_Safak) Books with Shahd Thani (@ShahdThani)
We sat with Shahd Thani, an author and a member of Untitled Chapters, to talk about the books written by the Turkish author Elif Shafak:…
Shahd Thani Winner of First Emirates Literature Foundation Mentorship Programme (#EAFOL, @Rambling_Sha)
The Emirates Literature Foundation Mentorship Programme won by the aspiring writer Shahd Thani. The Emirates Literature Foundation announced today that Shahd Thani won the…
Discussing Books: How You Can Start Reading Comic Books And Some Recommendations from @KBinHamad
We sat with Khaled Bin Hamad, founder of Moving Reflections to talk about his journey with comic books and how he started it. We…
Outsourced Parenting
The author discusses the implications of household help’s increased role in our children’s lives. A husband and his wife walk in the shopping center,…
Enlighten Yourself, One Book at a Time
The author discusses the declaration of 2016 as the Year of Reading by the UAE leaders and the hope that this will bring forth….
Don't Settle For Comfort, Settle For Happiness
Many of us are chained in aspects of our lives that make us unhappy, and we do it for all the wrong reasons. How…
Discussing Books: Mama Hessa's Mice by Saud AlSanousi #YouTube
We’re starting a video book discussion series to be the equivalent of a virtual book club, and to bring book discussions on a new…
Multilinguilism: A Means to A More Fruitful Life
The author explores how learning a new language can help us change our mindsets and live more in the present. Most of us speak…