Emirati Pioneers
The session explores the presence of the city in Mohammed Al Murr’s work as a living narrative element, examining how Dubai and the UAE are transformed in his writings into spaces that embody memory and social change.
It examines the relationship between urban development and storytelling, and how urban transformation is reflected in the shaping of literary consciousness. The session also explores the idea of the "personal city" in Emirati literature and Mohammed Al Murr’s role in establishing and developing this concept.