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Elif Shafak in conversation recording released by The Emirates Literature Foundation

The Emirates Literature Foundation has released the full recording of Emirates Airline Festival of Literature 2021 session with Elif Shafak in conversation with Festival Director Ahlam Bolooki.

The sold-out festival session touches on the recent novel 10 Minutes, 38 Seconds In This Strange World, being a global citizen, and our shared humanity, and it is now available on the Foundation’s YouTube channel for free with Arabic subtitles.

The recording 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 and Lemn Sissay, Huda Hamed, Abdulaziz Baraka Sakin and many more.

The Festival was held with the support of Founding Partners Emirates Airline and the Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the Emirate’s dedicated authority for heritage, arts, and culture.

More information can be found online and year-round news of #EmiratesLitFest on LinkedInFacebookTwitterInstagram and YouTube. The Foundation also has two podcasts; the Best of the Emirates LitFest, and the Boundless Book Club.