"Sharjah Literature Festival" It offers its visitors artistic and cultural experiences
Sharjah, January 20 / WAM / The Emirate of Sharjah shines these days with an atmosphere that combines the originality of literature and the creativity of the arts at the Sharjah Literature Festival, which continues until the 21st of January, where daily activities are vibrant with the spirit of culture and arts that attract diverse generations and segments of the public from all over the Emirates.
The festival provided unique artistic and cultural experiences to its visitors over the past three days, in addition to a book fair and entertainment experiences, reflecting Sharjah’s status as a cultural capital that combines heritage and modernity and builds bridges of communication between generations through art and creativity that inspires the future. There is still a lot of inspiration in store for this exceptional event today and tomorrow. .
In the square opposite the University City Hall in Sharjah, each corner celebrates literature and writers through rich dialogues, seminars, lectures, and exclusive meetings with an elite group of writers, writers, poets, thinkers, and media figures, while the melodies of the qanun, oud, saxophone, piano, and flute echo in the atmosphere of the place, taking festival visitors on a captivating musical journey.
Over the past few days, the festival witnessed rich dialogue sessions and seminars, including the “Homeland of Imagination: Emirati Children’s Literature and Future Makers” symposium, during which writers Badriya Al Shamsi and Fatima Al Mazrouei discussed the importance of Emirati children’s literature in instilling national and creative values and building the future generation.
The book “The Emirates through Arab Eyes” was also launched, which discusses the vision of Arab thinkers for the development of the UAE, in addition to the “Pages of Wonders: Children’s Books as an Educational Tool” session, during which Dr. Nadia Al-Najjar and writer Fatima Al-Amiri discussed the role of children’s books as an educational tool. As for the “Treasures of the Arabian Gulf” session: “Stories of the Sea and Land,” during which the Emirati writer and researcher, Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Musallam, discussed Emirati history and myths, while reviewing the stories that tell the history of land and sea.
In another session entitled “Paths of Life: A Journey Through the Worlds of Biography,” Dr. Ibrahim Galadari discussed the book “Memoirs of an Emirati Doctor” as an example of an inspiring biography. Emirati researcher and historian Hamad Bin Saray and Dr. Saif Al-Baddawi reviewed the formation of the modern Emirates throughout history in a lecture entitled “Fingerprints.” “History: Rediscovering Emirati Eras.” As for the “Personal Fingerprints: Eternal Melodies” session, it discussed the biography of composer Ibrahim Jumaa and his role in enriching the Emirati artistic scene.
Within the workshops corner, a busy program was launched that inspired children, adolescents, and young people throughout the days of the festival through the Arabic calligraphy workshop in jewelry design. It also allocated space to explore the worlds of creative stories through the “Storytelling with Newroz” workshops, and a workshop that combines astronomy and Emirati culture with Moza Al Marzouqi, in addition to “Square Kufic Calligraphy” workshop by the creative designer Alia Daifis, and a workshop on drawing and coloring pottery cups with Arabic phrases under the supervision of the mobile pottery studio, in addition to a workshop With Imran Al Shamsi, author of the book “The ABCs of Astronomy and Space.”
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