Iconic Jaipur Literature Festival to be held in Doha

For the first time in the region, Qatar National Library, in partnership with Teamwork Arts, producer of the iconic annual Jaipur Literature Festival, will host a celebration of literature and the power of dialogue from December 12 to 14. JLF Doha is the country’s first international literature festival of its kind, which will recreate the magnificent spirit of Jaipur’s annual literary carnival in Doha.

The Jaipur Literature Festival in India is often called “the greatest literary show on Earth” and has, since its conception, transformed itself into a global literary phenomenon, having hosted more than 2,000 speakers and welcomed over a million book-lovers from the world over.

With the Doha edition being the first JLF in the Middle East, Teamwork Arts, the producer of the Festival, has since 2014 expanded its global reach with editions in London, New York, Boulder, Houston, Adelaide, Toronto, Belfast and now Doha, recreating its magic across the world.

JLF Doha, sponsored by Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ooredoo Qatar, will feature renowned literary figures from around the world who will take part in an intercultural global dialogue to share “each other’s stories.”

The event will be an opportunity for the people of Qatar to attend a diverse line-up of literary events and for emerging and established writers, poets and artists in Qatar to share their achievements and perspectives with the world.

The Festival will feature prominent authors and thinkers including: Anita Nair, author of the much-loved novels The Better Man, Ladies Coupé, Mistress, Lessons in Forgetting, and Idris: Keeper of the Light; Dr Amal Mohammed Al Malki, Founding Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation; Buket Uzuner, selected among the 75 Most Influential Women of the Republic of Turkey. P2