Dubai: The Emirates Literature Foundation has today released the full recording of Emirates Airline Festival of Literature 2021 session with Dr Jay Jayamohan, Dr Nafea Alyasi and Dr Rupy Aujla. The panel of medical experts discuss everything from fad diets to Covid-19 and debunk conspiracy theories surrounding them. The video is part of a digital series of recorded sessions to be released on the Emirates Literature Foundation YouTube channel. Subscribers will get notified when new videos are uploaded.
The 13th Emirates Airline Festival of Literature (29 January-13 February) hosted international authors, including Malala, Amin Maalouf, Elif Shafak, Lemn Sissay, Huda Hamed, Abdulaziz Baraka Sakin and many more.
More information can be found online and year-round news of #EmiratesLitFest on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. The Foundation also has two podcasts; the Best of the Emirates LitFest, and the Boundless Book Club.
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About the Emirates Literature Foundation:
The Emirates Literature Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation which supports and nurtures a love of literature in the United Arab Emirates and the region, through a programme of varied cultural initiatives.
Established in 2013 by Royal Decree issued by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the Foundation aims to foster a love for literature, with a focus on the Arabic language.
In line with the National Reading Policy of the UAE, the Foundation has implemented several long-term projects including the School Librarian of the Year Award, Kateb Maktub, and From the Inside Out, as well as conducting year-round student education programmes, book clubs and creative writing courses. The Foundation’s previous initiatives included the 2020 International Literary Festivals Conference, 2016 Dubai Translation Conference and the 2017 Dubai International Publishing Conference.
The Foundation is also the…