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Former Indian PM Vajpayee dies at 93Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the former Indian Prime Minister and one of the founding members of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which currently governs the country, died on Thursday at the age of 93 at New Delhi's AIIMS hospita More… |
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1,000 to attend poetry book launchMore than 1,000 people are expected to attend an in international poetry session where Bahrain-based poet Saeed Qais will release his sixth Punjabi poetry book ‘Khari Mitti’. The event is set to be held on July 5 at the Cultural Hall next More… |
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Manama named Arab Culture Capital 2012Bahrain's capital will find itself at the centre of Arab culture for the whole of next year, after being named Cultural Capital of the Arab World 2012. It is the first time Manama has been selected for the initiative, which was launche More… |
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Study on Sheikh Zayed poetry unveiledThe Poetry Academy at the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (Adach) has issued a new edition of the book 'An Analytical Study of the Poetry of the Late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan'. The book was written by the UAE More… |
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Nigerian poet to attend Dubai Poetry FestivalWole Soyinka, the first African writer and poet from Nigeria to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986, has confirmed his participation at the opening ceremony of the Dubai International Poetry Festival (DIPF). More than 100 reg More… |
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UAE plans House of PoetryThe UAE is setting up a centre to research and document Arabic poetry, and strengthen its profile in the Arab world and beyond. The House of Poetry is being set up under the direction of UAE Vice-President and Prime Minister and Dubai Rule More… |
