‘Poetry In Motion’ Video Release Showing Talent Heading To The Emirates Airline Festival Of Literature

In anticipation of the 14^th annual Emirates Airline festival of Literature, one of the world’s leading literary festivals, the Emirates Literature Foundation has released a stunning short video showcasing some of the phenomenal talents that call the Emirates home.

The Poetry in Motion video shows Emirati performance poet Dr AfraAtiq performing on the Dubai Metro for unsuspecting commuters, while Dannabelle Gutierrez wows with her poetry performance on Ain Dubai. Emirati soul singer Arqam AlAbri makes his way down the creek strumming his guitar on an abra, heading to the Emirates LitFest new home at the Al Habtoor City hotels.

These poets and more will be performing at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, 3 – 13 February 2022.

Award-winning poets Dr AfraAtiq and Carlos Andrés Gómez in collaboration with groundbreaking musician Brent Shuttleworth will premiere a multi-lingual, multi-genre performance in celebration of the power of the word and its ability to transcend divisions and boundaries, cultivate tolerance and inclusivity, in a free but ticketed session at Expo 2020 Dubai on Monday 7 February.

Danabelle Gutierrez, Mark Fiddes, Omar Sabbagh, and Sascha A Akhtar will share a stage for the session titled ‘The Thing With Feathers’, celebrating the hopeful theme of this year’s festival with poetry. The four poets will each read and discuss pieces of their own work inspired by the 2022 theme ‘Here Comes the Sun’ and the work of other poets they admire that embraces hope in inspiring and refreshing ways.

Audiences can be transported to Olympus by widely-acclaimed ‘Instapoet’ Nikita Gill as she performs her recently launched one woman show, Maidens, Myths and Monsters.

There is also a session featuring top Emirati poet performances from Abdulrahman AlHumairy, Amal AlSahlawi, Mohamed Yousif Al Hammadi, and ShaikhaAlmteiriperforming in Arabic.

The festival highlight, Desert Stanzas, is back with a night of poetry under the stars, with an all-star line-up of top-tier world poets; AfraAtiq, Ahmed Al Ali, Amal AlSahlawi, Brent Shuttleworth, Carlos Andrés Gómez, Danabelle Gutierrez, Elizabeth Acevedo, ImanMersal, Nikita Gill, Noor Naga, Sascha A Akhtar, and Zainab Arrefaei. Over the two hours of performance, audiences will hear stunning poems performed,a performance from the oud player and the famous Desert Stanzas buffet.

The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature Festival is held with Founding Partners Emirates Airline and the Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the Emirate’s dedicated authority for heritage, arts, and culture. It is held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai.

To buy tickets and for the full list of authors, visit www.tickets.emirateslitfest.com

More information about the Emirates Literature Foundation can be found online and year-round news of #EmiratesLitFest on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. The Foundation also has two podcasts; the Best of the Emirates LitFest, and the Boundless Book Club.