Al Ain, United Arab Emirates – The Abu Dhabi Center for the Arabic Language is organizing the 16th session of the Al Ain Book Festival.
This will take place from November 24 to 30, in Al Ain Square – Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium.
This year’s festival presents a rich and diverse programme that celebrates books and creativity.
In addition to Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, events are organized at prominent cultural sites in the city, including Al Muwaiji Palace and various educational institutions.
The upcoming session will witness a 10% increase in the number of exhibitors, with 220 exhibitors, 18% of whom will participate in the festival for the first time.
This reflects its ability to provide a comprehensive cultural experience that celebrates creative industries and enhances the Al Ain region’s position as a prominent destination for literary and cultural events.
A platform for cultural creativity
Dr. Ali bin Tamim, President of the Abu Dhabi Center for the Arabic Language, said: “We renew in each session our commitment to strengthening the position of the Al Ain Book Festival as a permanent platform for cultural creativity and direct interaction between publishing houses, authors and readers. Our partnership with new publishing houses and a number of leading cultural institutions locally and regionally reflects our joint efforts to enrich intellectual content and encourage children, youth and young people to read and learn about various literary and intellectual schools.” In line with our strategy to make culture an integral part of the fabric of our daily lives.
The festival’s vision is based on supporting the Emirati writer and his publications, embracing young talent, and strengthening the publishing industry.
Providing a platform that celebrates local creativity and opens up horizons of communication with the public.
Through sessions and activities that evoke the cultural memory of the Al Ain region and enshrine its authentic values.
With a focus on encouraging reading and placing the Emirati family at the heart of this cultural event.
The festival continues to enhance its role in drawing inspiration from the cultural memory of the Al Ain region and evoking its authentic values.
To address community members of all age groups through a program full of events.
In an effort to consolidate the status of reading as a societal culture, and to highlight the ability of the Arabic language to keep pace with developments in the global cultural, artistic and literary movement.
The festival also preserves the revival of authentic heritage through its cultural initiatives, such as the program “Nights of Poetry, the Singing Word”.
Which evokes the aesthetics of Emirati folk poetry and its importance in consolidating the values of heritage identity.
The program represents a cultural bridge that conveys the cultural and intellectual heritage to future generations, in a creative style that combines authenticity and modernity.
In line with its annual tradition, the center organizes a ceremony as part of the festival’s activities to honor the winners of the Generation Treasure Award.
Which was launched in 2021, to support the status of popular poetry and highlight its role in expressing the conscience of society.
The ceremony, scheduled to be held at Al Muwaiji Palace, will celebrate the winners of the fourth edition of the award.
They were distributed among the six branches of the award, namely: poetic keeping up, arts, studies and research, poetry publications, translation, and creative personality.
