The highlight for bookworms across the UAE, the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature has finally opened its doors. Operating under the theme of \u2018Here Comes the Sun\u2019, the festival will be in full swing from February 3 to 13 at Habtoor City Hotels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first day is dedicated to Emirati talent!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Expect sessions about literary fiction, poetry, culture and even the jobs of the future. In our opinion, the session with Omar Saif Ghobash on the UAE\u2019s journey to Expo 2020, and his personal journey in writing his first novel, cannot be missed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you have ever wanted to create, you cannot afford to miss motivational stories from the man behind the \u2018lockdown\u2019 internet sensation #DrawWithRob, and \u2018Bake Off\u2019 champion, mental health campaigner and author Nadiya Hussain. What\u2019s more, you can also sample the dishes that won her the competition! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thanks to the tumultuous couple of years we\u2019ve had, it\u2019s not surprising to hear that mental illness and depression is on the rise around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, the Emirates Lit Fest is the best place for you to fortify your mind with sessions focusing on self-care, mental health and self-improvement featuring psychotherapist Sasha Bates, the author of The Languages of Loss: A Psychotherapist\u2019s Journey Through Grief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can also look forward to sessions by Mathilde Loujayne and Ruzina Ahad, pioneers of a new generation of self-help books for the Muslim women of today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anime fans can find out where graphic novelists and animators get their ideas from, with sessions featuring Fumio Obata, Ken Arto and Fadel Saeed AlMheiri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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