Tahira Yaqoob

This Is Not the End of the Book is a conversation between the two authors, a lively and entertaining read about the future of books in the age of the internet and the nature of reading.

Even as Sara al Qaiwani's opera career blossomed, she fought to convince her parents that this was her true path.

Set towards the end of apartheid, The Dubious Salavation of Jack V shows readers a changing South Africa through the eyes of an 11-year-old as he struggles to make sense of religion, politics and prejudices.

Ghada Abdel Aal has been blogging her experiences in finding Mr Right. Though not yet successful in finding him, her comedic take on the subject has led to TV and book deals.

Fourteen ingredients from 11 countries go into one UAE-manufactured chicken nugget. That leaves the country's food supply chain vulnerable.

The Chile correspondent for the UK's Guardian newspaper offers a fast-paced retelling of the international effort to save the 33 men trapped hundreds of metres below the ground for 69 days.

Tahira Yaqoob visits the Parwarish school in Pakistan's Swat Valley where pupils, thanks to benefactors in Dubai, get the education, care and emotional support they need for a brighter future.

Sanjiv Mehta, the chairman of Unilever North Africa and Middle East, offers his words of wisdom.

In part-reportage, part-dramatisation style, the former ABC News producer Gayle Tzemach Lemmon tells the story of Kamila Sidiqi and her battle to provide a subsistence for her family during the difficult years of the Taliban occupation.

Ed Chapman creates highly sought-after celebrity mosaic portraits from everyday items and recycled materials.