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Book Clubs in Abu Dhabi
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I run a small book club that needs some fresh blood. We recently lost of lot of members to the crisis and Dubai. We just read a classic, Madame Bovary by Flaubert, and next month we are reading Tinkers by Paul Harding. We typically read literature, and often read books from Booker prize short or long lists. For the summer we will be on hiatus, due to the lack of members, but in the Fall we will start up again. Please feel free to contact me at abudhabibookclub(at)gmail.com if you are interested.Danielle
I would love to participate in a 'GoodReads' book group :) Particularly if it was online... Do you think that would work?
Hi it seems that you all read English books, i would like to join your club but i rarely read English novels..
if anyone is interested in doing Arabic club I'll join.
Any reason we can't do the same book, offered in both languages??
This is what the Kutub group in Dubai does.They have a great site for book suggestions that are available in both languages if you're interested:
http://readkutub.wordpress.com/catego...
The Kutub group's book list looks like a great place for me to get book ideas. Great link, thank you.
And the arablit site as well! I'm planning to concentrate on literature of this region and have a lot of reading to catch up on.
If you are able to make it to Dubai for the discussions you may find the books much more enjoyable. I find some of them a bit inaccessible without other people's input.
The meetings are open, come once, or every month, no problem either way.
Great, thanks Danielle :)I'll send you an email ASAP...
@ DanielleNo luck with the email, I'm afraid...
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3beer wrote: "Hi it seems that you all read English books, i would like to join your club but i rarely read English novels..
if anyone is interested in doing Arabic club I'll join."
Hi
I'm also interested to do an Arabic club..
@ Danielle...Never mind :) Next time :)
Hello all, Our book club will be reading When God was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman and discussing on November 14th. If you want to join us or discuss on-line, let me know. Danielle
I'm working on a reading group in Arabic, I need members who share with me the same passion about reading books in Arabic language. if any one interested let me know by send an email to my account on goodreads or arabicreaders@gmail.com Mariam
Nadine wrote: "Hi there, thanks for the invite - would love to come but am busy tonight which is a shame because When God was a Rabbit will likely be one of my top reads of 2011. here's my review... maybe I'll m..."Hi Nadine, thanks for sharing your review. Our group enjoyed the book too and we gave it a fairly high rating of 3.8 out of 5. It would be great if you could join us sometime. Send me your email address on abudhabibookclub(at)gmail.com and I will send you our reading list for the next 6 months. This month we are reading White Woman on a Green Bicycle by Monique Roffey. It is set in Trinidad and Tobago and is an interesting analysis of a marriage challenged by living as expats long-term. The political context is equally engrossing.
We meet in one week, on Monday, December 5th.
Danielle
Keep in touch. Danielle
There's a Dubai group discussing When God was a Rabbit too - join us on 20th Dec 8pm. Message me for further details. Ladies only, I'm afraid.
DubaiReader wrote: "There's a Dubai group discussing When God was a Rabbit too - join us on 20th Dec 8pm. Message me for further details. Ladies only, I'm afraid."Too bad I am out of town that day. I could have joined you! Maybe next time.
Always the third Tuesday of the month, under the banner of "Expat woman". 8pm at Paul's in the Mercato Mall in Dubai.
DubaiReader wrote: "Always the third Tuesday of the month, under the banner of "Expat woman". 8pm at Paul's in the Mercato Mall in Dubai."I would like to join in on the book club! Do you have anything upcoming for Jan?
The Jan book is under discussion. It will be something from one of the authors at the Lit Fest in Mar.If you PM me your e mail address I will add you to our mailing list.
Hi - I have just moved to AD and am looking for a book club to join. Does anyone have any recommendations?
There's this one that I believe is still active, Danielle? I attend one through Meet-up. We're meeting at Cafe Arabia on Saturday evening (Oct 6). We're international and both men and women, we discuss in English but some read the books in Arabic (and discuss it in English). This meeting we're discussing 'Life of Pi' by Yann Martel.
http://www.meetup.com/abudhabibookclub/
http://www.meetup.com/abudhabibookclub/
Thanks - I can't make tomorrow but will definitely try and come along next time!Emma
Hi Emma, I have wound up one book club and joined two others! One is in the evening, but we are not accepting new members now. Another is a breakfast club. You could also try Expatwomen Forum. They have an on-line book club and somebody may be running an Abu Dhabi group. There is also www.abudhabiwoman.com which has a forum and possibly a book group. Good luck!Kate, Glad to hear you have a good group for meeting up!
I Have an Arabic book club, its for the ladies, we meet monthly "1st Thursday of each month" for further info: http://bustanalfikr.blogspot.com/or send an email to: ana.aqra@hotmail.com
Abeer
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Hello everyone I have an online book club in Facebook called bookworms like me!!! you may like to check out
you can discuss anything will be soon doing a book club.
you may feel free to ask any questions
hi i run a book club on facebook too ALyazia. its called Ravenous readers. we have about 100+ members & have been around for over a year now. we meet 1 day every monthwe will be meeting next month & the book we will be discussing is "the narrow road to the deep north" by richard flannagan
https://www.facebook.com/groups/raven...
There is also a book club in Abu Dhabi based on www.meetup.com. I've never been able to go-- something always seems to come up, but I plan to check it out. They are meeting again in June and discussing Jonathan Franzen's Freedom.
We can always start another one on goodreads!