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  • Notable Authors, Publishers From Global Indian Literary Fraternity Join Women in Literature Festival

    Notable Authors, Publishers From Global Indian Literary Fraternity Join Women in Literature Festival

    Ananke, a UAE-based digital  development platform empowering women through awareness, advocacy and education, welcomes a spectrum of eminent names from the global Indian literary fraternity to its roster of speakers at the virtual Women in Literature Festival 2021 (WLF2021). The organization has also teamed up with renowned publishers including...
  • Post-Colonial Feminist Dr Amina Yaqin Joins WLF2021’s Distinguished Line-up of Speakers

    Post-Colonial Feminist Dr Amina Yaqin Joins WLF2021’s Distinguished Line-up of Speakers

    Unveiling the first of its kind event across the Middle East, Africa and the Sub-continent regions, Ananke’s Women in Literature Festival 2021 features some of the most noteworthy names in the literary world, including Dr. Amina Yaqin. Dr. Amina Yaqin is a Reader in Urdu and Postcolonial Studies at SOAS. She...
  • WLF2021 Unveils Panel on Inclusive Regency-Era Screen Adaptations

    WLF2021 Unveils Panel on Inclusive Regency-Era Screen Adaptations

    Ananke’s Women in Literature Festival 2021, the Middle East, Africa and the Sub-continental region’s first of its kind event, unveils another scintillating and timely conversation focusing on diversity in recent Regency-themed period drama. Live-streamed on Ananke’s Facebook page, panelists will offer insight on ‘mainstreaming’ diversity in a traditionally ‘English’...
  • Second Wave Feminist & Notable Author Phyllis Chesler Joins WLF2021 Roster of Speakers

    Second Wave Feminist & Notable Author Phyllis Chesler Joins WLF2021 Roster of Speakers

    Unveiling the first of its kind event across the Middle East, Africa and the Sub-continent regions, Ananke’s Women in Literature Festival 2021 features some of the most noteworthy names in the literary world. Distinguished author and feminist psychologist, Phyllis Chesler will be featured on day one of the festival....
  • Sheela Reddy, Moni Mohsin To Discuss Ruttie Jinnah At WLF2021

    Sheela Reddy, Moni Mohsin To Discuss Ruttie Jinnah At WLF2021

    March 2nd, 2021, Dubai (UAE): Ananke’s Women in Literature Festival 2021, the first of its kind event across the Middle East, Africa and the Sub-continent regions, features some of the most noteworthy names in the literary world. Notable journalists and distinguished authors including Sheela Reddy and Moni Mohsin. Appearing...
  • UAE Based Female Producers Awarded MBEs on New Year 2021 Honors List

    UAE Based Female Producers Awarded MBEs on New Year 2021 Honors List

    January 3rd, 2020, Dubai (UAE): – Sisters Grimm Co-founders Pietra Mello-Pittman and Ella Spira have been awarded MBEs for ‘Services to International Trade and to the Creative Industries’ in the New Year Honours list which recognises the achievements of a wide range of extraordinary people across the United Kingdom....
  • Winter Tales

    Winter Tales

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  • Be Fearless: Give Yourself Permission To Be You

    Be Fearless: Give Yourself Permission To Be You

    What happens when a girl from the slums dares to dream? She bags an Engineering Degree, and Executive Education from Harvard Business School, becomes a Telecoms Head, and mentors others to do the same. In Be Fearless: Give Yourself Permission To Be You, Jane Egerton-Idehen draws from her over...
  • Performative Feminism

    The article was previously published in our special Women's Day edition, published on ISSUU. Feminism as a movement has undergone a series of evolutions in terms of how activism is carried out. In its early stages, during the 19th and 20th century, it was associated with the temperance and...
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