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Chinese Tea: Culture and Heritage
A session exploring the cultural significance of Chinese tea, its historical journey and global influence, while highlighting tea traditions, rituals, and its role in fostering connections and hospitality.
Literature in School Curricula
How can literature classes help young readers think more deeply about language, culture and identity?
From the Investigation Files to Cultural Memory: The Naguib Mahfouz Case
Drawing on his experience as part of the prosecution team that investigated the 1994 assassination attempt on Naguib Mahfouz, Ashraf Elashmawy revisits one of the most significant moments
How the UAE Builds Resilience in Times of Crisis
Crises test how prepared a country really is.
The UAE and the New Language of Space Diplomacy
Dr Naser Abdullatif Al Hammadi discusses "Fostering Intergovernmental Trust Through UAE Space Diplomacy", his book on the UAE’s use of space and telecommunications as tools of international cooperation.
Lives in Pomegranates
Across eleven stories, this collection takes us into worlds where the challenges of the present collide with the fears of the future; from drought, famine, and environmental collapse to questions of identity, belonging, and loss.
From the Realities of Life to the Worlds of Imagination: A Conversation with Ashraf Elashmawy
A literary conversation with Ashraf Elashmawy on the journey from lived experience to literary imagination.
The Life and Work of Inji Efflatoun
Inji Efflatoun was one of Egypt’s most important modern artists, a painter whose work was inseparable from her ideas about justice, equality, and freedom.
Zeinah Makki on Writing Through Darkness
Actress and author Zeinah Makki discusses her Arabic book "Black Hole", a work shaped by self-reflection, emotional struggle, and the search for peace.
Award-Winning Perspectives: Translation and Literary Criticism in Conversation
Bringing together the Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2026 laureates for Translation and Literary and Art Criticism, this session explores the ideas, research, and intellectual journeys behind their award-winning works.