Dubai literary festival opens
The first-ever Dubai literary festival opened on Thursday after sparking an international row over censorship when a British novel that features a sheikh was rejected.
Gulf Film Festival, the annual event celebrating Gulf cinema, held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Majid Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, has received over 1300 submissions from 77 countries for consideration for both the Festival's In-Competition and Out of Competition categories.