Emirates LitFest Students' programme revealed

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The Emirates Literature Foundation's unveiled its education programme for the upcoming Emirates LitFest Students' Edition.

The schedule will feature a line-up of different authors, with sessions in English, Arabic, or both, made available to schools for one month from February 10.

There will also be a small number of education programme sessions on-site at the festival in Habtoor City for school trips. Each school will be limited to a maximum of 30 tickets on a first-come, first-serve basis. The festival is being held from February 3-13 across Hilton Dubai Al Habtoor City, Habtoor Palace Dubai, and V Hotel Dubai.

School competitions, including the Emirates NBD Poetry For All, RGS Guildford Dubai Children’s Letter Writing, Chevron Readers’ Cup, and the Story Writing competitions, will celebrate the winners at the festival.

School Librarian of the Year for 2022 will also be crowned at a special awards ceremony.

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