Where can you find an American mountain climber aka philanthropist whose quest for peace turns stones into schools; a Swiss-born Muslim Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at Oxford who proposes a future where Islamic values and Western culture are in harmony; and a zany Ukrainian lady whose writings are described as “mad” and “hilarious” and whose mere entrance into the room elicits warm bubbles of laughter?
The answer: The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature in Dubai.
Accompanied by my aspiring author friend Anne “The Writer” O’Connell, we embark on a two-day adventure into a multicultural literary scene. While we are both veterans of The Broward County Library Literary Feast in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, this is our first experience at this similar event in Dubai.
