The event will be the Middle East's 1st-ever festival devoted solely to spoken and written poetic verse and will attribute an thrilling mix of workshops, open mics, slams, and competitions followed by the grand finale of performances that will showcase the talent of primary Arab and Western poets.
Founded by Rooftop Rhythms and BrandMoxie, The Abu Dhabi Worldwide Poetry Festival is getting to be hosted by the event's patron, Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, with help from the US Embassy of Abu Dhabi and Fatima bint Hazza Cultural Basis.
Award-winning poet, Dorian "Paul D" Rogers, is the founder of Rooftop Rhythms, a appropriately-acknowledged platform for nurturing poetry in the UAE. He shared the vision for the occasion. "Completely absolutely nothing captures the human expertise and inspires the soul really like poetry - it is a legacy for this great nation. For us, holding the Abu Dhabi Worldwide Poetry Festival correct right here is a way of bringing poetry to its reasonably give."
Sana Bagersh, CEO of BrandMoxie additional, "We're enthusiastic to be carrying out perform with Rooftop Rhythms, Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, and our partners to celebrate the culture and tradition of the spoken word. We are all large believers in regional community engagement and in nurturing creativity, and, with this, we'll be reaching out to schools, universities, and local community groups to make it an inclusive affair."
The festival's headliner is Patricia Smith, Nationwide Manual Award finalist and three-time Nationwide Poetry Slam champion, who will be accompanied by fellow Americans, Kane Smego, and G Yamazawa. Residence-grown close by talent will also have a possibility to shine, carrying out at the evening gala, as nicely as taking component in the daytime workshops, open mic occasions in English, French, and Arabic, and a poetry slam competitors. The festival will supply cost-expense-cost-free, making and all round overall performance workshops, lectures, as nicely as a writing rivals. This cultural celebration will be inclusive to all ages, attracting the participation of colleges and universities, all the despite the fact that supplying optimistic, family members-pleasant enjoyment.
Eisa Al Raeesi, Head of Pupil Affairs at Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi stated, "Our university is committed to creating Abu Dhabi a hub for cultural diversification as it is pointed out in the university's moto, Â'A bridge amongst civilizationsÂ'. It is an honor to operate hand-in-hand with our partners to identify this.
Jeremy Jewett, Cultural Affairs Officer at the US Embassy of Abu Dhabi additional, "The Abu Dhabi Globally Poetry Festival will be a enjoyable cross-cultural celebration. There is so a wonderful deal in poetry that hyperlinks distinct guys and females collectively no matter the language. We actually like to assist support programmes that provide exclusive American artists and professionals over to engage straight with locals. I am actually fired up about the routine that BrandMoxie and Rooftop Rhythms have spot with every other and the American poets that program to come to Abu Dhabi."
To find out considerably far more about the inaugural Abu Dhabi Global Poetry Festival and regimen of events, go to http://www.abudhabipoetryfestival.com
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About BrandMoxie:
BrandMoxie is a main promoting and advertising and advertising enterprise that supplies integrated marketing and advertising suppliers like advertising and marketing, PR, strategy, review, publishing and manufacturing answers. Established in 2004, BrandMoxie also runs its extremely personalized CSR platforms. This consists of Tamakkan, an initiative aimed at nurturing entrepreneurship, leadership and innovation, and the Dream Gamers, a programme aimed at nurturing creativity and the performing arts. BrandMoxie is also the publisher of Tempo magazine, a publication that focuses on creativity, innovation and social enterprise, and its on the internet internet site Tempoplanet.com. For drastically a lot more data, go to: www.brandmoxie.com
About Rooftop Rhythms:
Commenced in 2012, Rooftop Rhythms is a cultural enjoyment entity comprised of above thirty members that specialize in total efficiency artwork. Rooftop Rhythms has been featured in regional print, Fox Television, on CNN's Inside the Middle East, and has swiftly cemented itself as the Middle East's greatest poetry open mic evening. Rooftop Rhythms also has extremely common dwell music events this kind of as Abu Dhabi Soul and 50 Shades of Blues. In additional of the preceding three years, above 7000 guys and girls have attended Rooftop Rhythms' occasions. For far much more data, confirm out http://www.facebook.com/groups/rooftoprhythms
About Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi:
Paris-Sorbonne Abu Dhabi University was established in Might 2006, beneath the patronage of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, the Abu Dhabi Coaching Council (ADEC) and Paris-Sorbonne University. Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi gives globe-class degrees, the two in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, following the European Credit score score Transfer Method (ECTS) and also accredited by the UAE Ministry of Greater Schooling and Evaluation. Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi is devoted to Abu Dhabi's vision of making a cultural and scientific hub, and is an agent to comprehend this 2030 vision by delivering the potential Emirati and international workforce and contributing to help the UAE's financial diversification. For far more details, invest a pay out a pay a visit to to to http://www.sorbonne.ae/.
About Fatima bint Hazza Cultural Basis:
Fatima bint Hazza Cultural Basis was founded by Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan to inspire intellectual, imaginative and cultural endeavors and help cultural interaction that empowers men and women. The basis aims to enrich the cultural scene in Abu Dhabi and the UAE in certain and the spot in fundamental by implies of organizing open to the public colloquia and seminars, exploring more signifies of artwork and music, introducing far a lot a lot more awards for illustration and artwork, and collaborating on a community and global degree with equivalent entities, whilst keeping youthful kids literature and education at its really heart. For far a lot more data, go to www.fatimabinthazzafoundation.com
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