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Cultural Programme Archive 2011
2011 saw an extremely successful Cultural Programme with vibrant panels, talks, poetry recitals as well as book signings. The Discussion Forum offered a variety of 27 events which were attended by over 1100. With 21 sessions and over 500 people in audience - the KITAB Sofa was a hot seat for literary debate and rich conversations. The Poetry Forum saw over 250 poetry enthusiasts who were enthralled by 8 readings and activities.
Over all the events and venues under the Cultural Programme welcomed an audience of more than 1700 people.
This is what some of our guests had to say about the Book Fair:
| “Thank you for welcoming me in Abu Dhabi. This Book Fair was important and I know it was a success.” | |
| Pierre Arizzoli Clémentel - author | |
| “Thank you for all the arrangements you did at Abu Dhabi Book Fair to make it a great event.” | |
| Feeroozeh Golmohammadi (calligrapher) | |
| “What a change of scene – this trip to Abu Dhabi will always be a great memory! Thank you for your welcome and your wonderful organization” | |
| Nicole Lambert (illustrator) | |
| “Thank you for an interesting and rewarding experience” | |
| Sylvia Nasar (author) | |
| “It was really a great experience to participate in this event, thanks for inviting us!” | |
| Mohammed Bittar, from F3L (hip-hop artist from UAE) | |
| “Thank you for giving me the chance to share my knowledge of Arabic calligraphy with others during ADIBF” | |
| Khalid Al Jallaf (Emirati calligrapher) | |
| “Thank you again for this marvelous opportunity to better know the Arab publishing world! I came back delighted, with a publishing contract to boot…” |
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| Anne-Solange Noble (Pontas Literary and Film Agency, Barcelona) | |
| “It was great to take part in the book fair.” | |
| Åsne Seierstad - author | |
| “The whole organization was perfect. What a great fair.” | |
| Cesar Martinez-Useros of Turner Libros (Spain) | |
| “It was like a dream for me to meet all my new friends of the illustrators gang! I went back home with full energy and sweet memories” | |
| Nasir A. Nasrallah – Illustrator from Sharjah | |
| “The illustrators corner was rich in its directions, illustrators specialized in many directions ; font design, character design, animation, advertising … the sharing of all these skills was so fun, specially that everyone was open to new experiences. I changed personally a lot of misconceptions I had about Emirates and its people; now I feel respect for this country, really. thanks |
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| David Habchy, Illustrator from Lebanon | |
Click here for the PDF of the 2011 Cultural Programme brochure. Changes were made since the brochure was printed: please click here for the latest Word file with the updated version of the 2011 programme.
