Festival Programme

Join artists and creatives Nora Zeid, Jane Pica, Manar Laham, and Mohammad Yousuf AlShaibani for a look at the UAE’s growing comics scene.

You're invited to the LitFest’s first ever Game Night! Join Superheated Neurons for board games, friendly tournaments, and unforgettable memories.No experience needed! But bring your best game face.

Winner at Fantastic Fest, Hoba (The Vile) is a chilling Emirati horror film. Amani’s peaceful life shatters when a second wife, and something far darker enters her home. The screening is followed by a Q&A with the director, moderated by artist and film curator Hind Mezaina.

Explore imagination, curiosity, and artistic discovery with award-winning author-illustrator Oliver Jeffers in this in-depth conversation on storytelling, creativity, and seeing the world with wonder.

Junior Brown brings a soulful, genre-blending sound to the stage, mixing pop, soul, R&B, and jazz with influences ranging from B.B. King to Chris Cornell.

Start the evening with a comedy set before joining Sara Hamdan for a conversation on What Will People Think, exploring honour, shame, identity, and the pressures shaping lives across the Arab world.

Tarek El-Ariss, Marjori Lotfi, and Shahla Ujayli explore writing from and about Lebanon, Iran, and Syria — stories of home, exile, and defiance that show how words can resist, remember, and rebuild.

Roll the dice and enter a world of imagination with Dungeons & Dragons. Pick from six exciting genres and join a tight, five-player team for a one-off campaign where every decision alters the story.

Roll the dice and enter a world of imagination with Dungeons & Dragons. Pick from six exciting genres and join a tight, five-player team for a one-off campaign where every decision alters the story.

Roll the dice and enter a world of imagination with Dungeons & Dragons. Pick from six exciting genres and join a tight, five-player team for a one-off campaign where every decision alters the story.

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Happiness and Love aren't just feelings - they're chemistry, psychology, and so much more. Join Paul Dolan as he reveals what science says about love, happiness, and the secrets to living a truly joyful life.

Mira Sethi pulls back the curtain on literature, film, and TV, revealing how she keeps her feminist convictions front and centre. She shares the choices, compromises, and challenges behind a career where ideology, art, and audience collide.

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Join Gulf Photo Plus Curator Mohamed Somji for a powerful photographic journey through Palestine. Each image preserves a homeland under threat, capturing both what’s being lost and the love, resilience, and belonging that endures.

Press pause after a full day at LitFest and read together in quiet company. Bring any book or pick one up, stay ten minutes or longer, and party... like a bookworm.

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From 1950s Bombay to MI6 and Bond’s Q Branch, Vaseem Khan explores the end of the Raj, the evolution of spy fiction, and the real story behind one of the genre’s most iconic characters.

Roll the dice and enter a world of imagination with Dungeons & Dragons. Pick from six exciting genres and join a tight, five-player team for a one-off campaign where every decision alters the story.

Roll the dice and enter a world of imagination with Dungeons & Dragons. Pick from six exciting genres and join a tight, five-player team for a one-off campaign where every decision alters the story.