Episode #5 with Isobel Abulhoul
This week, we’re joined by the CEO of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, Isobel Abulhoul, who is at the the center of the UAE & the region’s literary fraternity. Since arriving in Dubai over 50 years ago, she’s launched a prominent bookstore chain, a children’s publishing company and the region’s leading Literature Festival. Isobel shares snapshots of her multi-decade journey, what you can expect from the upcoming edition of the LitFest and her thoughts about the future of books amidst a seismic technological shift.
29th January 2020
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