Dubai-based the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation has announced more than 100 poets from 45 countries are expected to participate in the first edition of the Dubai International Poetry Festival 2009, which will be held March 4 to 10 at Madinat Jumeirah and House of Poetry in Shindagha, Dubai.
The festival is the first of its kind in the region, both in terms of its rich content, which includes various forms of local and classical poetry and modern, in terms of size, scope of worldwide participation and concept. The Festival's theme reflects the universal nature of poetry as a bridge between cultures, fostering global unity through poetic expression regardless of nationality, beliefs, status, or economic circumstances.
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