SPEAKER
Anamika Chatterjee
Anamika Chatterjee is a writer, editor, presenter and TEDx speaker based in the UAE. She has written extensively on gender, mental health, books, arts and culture, while actively documenting social and cultural milestones in the region. From Pico Iyer to Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah, her features attempt to understand the person underneath. In 2021, her article for Khaleej Times on coping with a parent afflicted by Alzheimer's was selected for a talk at the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences Patna's TEDx event. In 2024, she delivered her second TEDxYouth talk on the perils of living with anxiety.
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Representation Matters
Join Paralympian Jessica Smith and Tia Watson of Team AngelWolf for a session on inclusive storytelling, showing how books can reflect real lives, spotlight underrepresented characters, and create heroes beyond labels.
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50.00 AED
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Radha Chadha: The Maker of Filmmakers
Author Radha Chadha celebrates her father Jagat Murari and his legacy at the Film and Television Institute of India. This session features rare clips from films by alumni who went on to shape Indian cinema.
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50.00 AED
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Wole Soyinka: A Dialogue on Culture
Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka reflects on the power of art and storytelling to shape identity, foster cultural exchange, and bridge communities in a globalised world.
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Vir Das: The Outsider
Join Emmy Award-winner Vir Das for a one-night-only candid conversation about The Outsider, his sharp, funny memoir of identity, reinvention, and a life lived across continents, contradictions, and the global comedy stage.
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100.00 AED
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