From Anti-Reader to Avid Reader
byFrom avoiding books to loving them, reading has helped me focus and express myself in another medium that isn’t drawing. It all started three years…
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#BookReview Origin by Dan Brown
byIn the most recent book in the Robert Langdon series by Dan Brown, the author takes us on a new adventure whereby a scientist…
What You Need To Know About The UAE’s National Reading Policy In Less Than 25 Points
byWe’ve all heard about the National Reading Policy, the National Reading Strategy, Reading Law, and we heard about tons of initiatives initiated by almost everyone. But…
Why Do Some People Read Whilst Others Do Not?
byWhy do people read? What do people read? Why do some people not enjoy reading? Being an avid reader and a true believer in the…
Is Literature A Destination Or A Journey
byIs reading something you do because you enjoy it, or because you use it to reach somewhere? Would literary festivals help in growing the passion…
Discussing Elif Shafak’s (@Elif_Safak) Books with Shahd Thani (@ShahdThani)
byWe sat with Shahd Thani, an author and a member of Untitled Chapters, to talk about the books written by the Turkish author Elif Shafak: Black…
Enlighten Yourself, One Book at a Time
byThe author discusses the declaration of 2016 as the Year of Reading by the UAE leaders and the hope that this will bring forth. Our…
Happy New Year 2016 & Happy Year Of Reading!
byWishing all our readers a great year ahead, may you fulfill all your plans and goals and have a year filled with good health &…
Book Review: How to Tell if your Cat is Plotting to Kill you
byArticle in brief: the author gives us her book review on Matthew Inman’s “How To Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting To Kill You” “Humans…
Here We Start – Issue #56
byNovember is finally starting with all its galore. It’s the month of two main events in UAE: Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) and AbuDhabi Art…
The Benefits of Reading
byArticle in brief: Everyone has a different perspective, and from the writer’s perspective; reading is the only way we can go far in life. Interests…
Here We Start – Issue #44
byNovember is a very exciting month for us bookworms and reading fanatics here in the UAE. It’s the month of the Annual Sharjah International Book…
Arabs Don’t Read
byWhen asked about whether or not he sees Arabs as a threat, Moshe Dayan, an Israeli military leader, said no by simply stating:…
Books Are Medicine for the Soul
byBy Hamda AlHashemi (@Hamda_AlHashemi) One of the funniest Arabic proverbs I read was: “He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the…