Dubai Abulhoul

emirati writer

Dubai Abulhoul (Arabic: دبي بالهول) is an Emirati author and columnist who was born on 1996. She is known to be the first Emirati ever to write fantasy novel in English "Galagolia: The Hidden Divination" and the youngest author to participate in the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature. She has five published books. In 2008, she was given a special recognition award for her debut animal film Galagolia at the Gulf Film Festival.

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  • ...the most important thing is to write for yourself. Publishers can see your passion in the writing, so be true to the story you are trying to tell...
  • ...They said I was naive and should concentrate on studying, but I didn’t want to wait till graduation. That made me sometimes doubt myself, but I blocked negativity, and didn’t let it affect my writing or my academic life...
  • ...I want people to know that there is so much more to us than just skyscrapers, and more than what the media tries to display...