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      Rupert Hawksley

      Rupert Hawksley

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      Rupert writes about books, art, comedy and, whenever possible, horse racing. He used to work at The Telegraph in London as an arts writer.
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      The Jersey Quartet are coming to Dubai for a one-off show on December 14. Supplied photo
      The Jersey Quartet is coming to the QE2

      Four West End stars will bring the best of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons to Dubai

      On StageNovember 06, 2018
      Sudanese poet Emtithal Mahmoud. Courtesy Emirates Lit Fest
      Emi Mahmoud: the poet changing the way we think about Darfur

      The 25-year-old recently released her first poetry collection titled Sisters' Entrance and was appointed as a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador

      BooksNovember 05, 2018
      The first ever Arabic translation of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale has just been released.
      The Handmaid's Tale is available in Arabic - for the first time ever

      The translation was unveiled dramatically at Sharjah International Book Fair

      BooksNovember 04, 2018
      The International Publishers Association's new president Hugo Setzer. Courtesy Sharjah International Book Fair
      International Publishers Association president on Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi’s new role

      "The fact that she is a woman and comes from the Arab world sends out a very important message," he says

      BooksNovember 03, 2018
      Jockeys start the Emirates.com Handicap 2,000m dirt race at Meydan Racecourse for the First Race Meeting. Reem Mohammed / The National
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      My Meydan voyage into the thrilling world of UAE horseracing

      The season is off and running – but for one British fanatic, this is the sport of kings as he’s never experienced it before

      LifestyleNovember 03, 2018
      Nigerian children's author Okechukwu Ofili has written a book telling young girls to 'let up' their hair, not just 'let down' their hair. 'If Rapunzel was black, she wouldn’t be able to let her hair down because her hair grows up. So I thought, ‘Let’s flip this story’.'
      ‘Western fairy tales are messing with the minds of black children’

      'Imagine a black child reading Snow White and encountering the line, ‘Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?''

      BooksNovember 01, 2018
      Najwa Zebian will speak at Sharjah International Book Fair on Sunday Farah Benni
      Najwa Zebian: writing was genuinely my only way of dealing with the world

      We speak to the Lebanese-Canadian poet, whose words are as painful as a drop of lemon juice in a fresh cut, ahead of her appearance at Sharjah International Book Fair

      BooksNovember 01, 2018
      Visitors at the Sharjah International Book Fair which opened on Wednesday and will be on until November 10, 2018. AFP
      Discounts of 40% - best deals at Sharjah Book Fair

      Rupert Hawksley tells us where to find the best deals at this year's event

      BooksNovember 01, 2018
      Women are seen, engrossed with the books they are reading at The Sharjah Book Fair.
      Sharjah International Book Fair opens its biggest event yet

      Algeria's Minister of Culture is honoured with "Cultural Personality of the Year"

      BooksOctober 31, 2018
      Morocco’s Hassan M’Souli, author of popular cookbooks Moroccan Modern and Make It Moroccan will be appearing at the Sharjah International Book Fair
      SIBF: what to see at the Cookery Corner

      From celebrity chefs to cooking workshops, here are the events you won't want to miss

      BooksOctober 31, 2018
      Dr Ben Garrod is giving a talk about dinosaurs at the Sharjah International Book Fair
      SIBF: what to see from the Children's Programme

      All the information you need to keep the kids happy at Sharjah International Book Fair

      BooksOctober 31, 2018
      Emma Gannon will discuss her books at the Fair on Monday. Courtesy Emma Gannon
      Emma Gannon: How to turn your side-hustle into a career

      Ahead of her talk at the Sharjah International Book Fair, the British author explains why having one career is no longer enough

      BooksOctober 30, 2018
      Imelday May
      Singer Imelda May on her change of direction

      She has been in music for long enough to see the industry evolve – but not enough. We speak to the Irish singer about unfinished business

      MusicOctober 30, 2018
      A detail from Lillie Bernie's Gateway to My Soul, which will be on display at 3@D3
      Fortune Favours Art launches in the UAE

      Fortune Favours Art will hold an exhibition in Dubai this week to mark the start of its Middle East venture

      ArtOctober 28, 2018
      For his part, US President Donald Trump has already dismissed the book as “a joke”. AP
      Review: Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward, Simon & Schuster

      It is a sign of how low the President’s stock has fallen that Bob Woodward’s anecdote-filled portrait of life in the White House feels almost otiose

      BooksOctober 28, 2018
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