Emirates Airline Festival of Literature Authors

Julia Wheeler

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:02:43 -0600

Julia Wheeler is the BBC’s Gulf Correspondent based in Dubai, serving radio, television and online outlets. Since 2000 she has reported on a broad range of news, business, social and sporting stories with a brief to explain the Gulf region to the UK and the rest of the world.

Amal Al Falasi

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:36:44 -0600

Amal Abdulla Al Falasi is an Emirati journalist and author. She has worked for the newspaper Al Bayan as a reporter in a number of positions, including culture, local news, politics, business, entertainment, lifestyle and investigative reporting; she also writes a weekly column about traditional UAE life.

Dha’en Shaheen

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:52:40 -0600

Dha’en Shaheen is the Editor-in-Chief of Al Bayan, the Dubai-based Arabic newspaper, and has previously headed or supervised various departments.

Wajdi Al Ahdal

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:38:55 -0600

Wajdi Al Ahdal was born in the province of Hadida, Yemen, in 1973. He is a novelist, short story writer and playwright. Some of his works have been banned in Yemen and at one point he was forced to leave the country for a time. He is the winner of numerous Yemeni literary prizes in Yemen and has published four collections of short stories, four novels, a play and a film screenplay.

Paul Thuysbaert

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:23:18 -0600

Paul Thuysbaert a BA in Visual Studies with a distinction in Photography, has lived and worked in Dubai for nearly two decades. His experience as a designer and art director in the UK has enabled him to produce rich and expertly crafted visual images in a wide variety of human and commercial situations.

Wafa Tarnowska

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:13:33 -0600

Wafa Tarnowska was born in Lebanon but has worked and lived in Australia, Lebanon, Poland, Cyprus, India and the UK. She has been in the UAE for the past 5 years, first as a head-hunter, now as CSR manager for an international law firm.

Reem Al Gurg

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:56:55 -0600

Reem Al Gurg is a young Emirati Mother who has already proved to be a very ambitious and hardworking role model for this generation. Having two masters’ degrees and being one of the first female Emirati teachers in Zayed University are proof of her dedication to education and knowledge.

Youssef Rakha

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:47:27 -0600

Educated at Hull University, England, Youssef has worked as writer and editor at Al Ahram Weekly, Cairo's principal English-language newspaper, for ten years, taking time off to work on my his projects and undergo stints at other publications such as the Abu Dhabi-based The National.

Qais Sedki

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:18:51 -0600

Qais Sedki is founder and managing director of Pageflip Publishing, an independent Emirati publishing house that focuses on original content, classical Arabic graphic novels in Japanese manga style.

Venu Rajamony

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:26:22 -0600

A career diplomat and a scholar of international relations, Venu Rajamony served as Consul General of India in Dubai from 2007 to 2010. After a two-year stint as staff correspondent on the Indian Express, he joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1986 as the topper of his batch.