Dubai Abulhoul ( ar, دبي بالهول) is an Emirati author and columnist. Having published five books since 2012, Abulhoul works as a columnist for the "
Al Bayan" and "
Gulf Today" newspapers and is
CEO
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of the Fiker Institute, a global affairs and governance
think tank that she founded in 2021.
Abulhoul is also a member of the
World Economic Forum's Future of Geopolitics Council and a member of the
COP28
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President's Advisory Committee.
Education and career
Dubai Abulhoul was born in the
United Arab Emirates in 1996. In 2008, at age 11, she released the animated film ''Galagolia'', for which she was named the Youngest Director of the Middle East, given a special recognition award at the
Gulf Film festival, and allowed to present at TEDx-Dubai in 2009. In 2012 she published the
fantasy novel ''Galagolia: The Hidden Divination'' and presented it at the
Emirates Airline Festival of Literature
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. For her work in literature, youth advocacy, and journalism, Abulhoul was appointed to the Salama Bin Hamdan Al-Nahyan Foundation's Advisory Committee from 2014 to 2015,
named Young Arab of the Year at the inaugural Young Arab Awards of
ITP Media Group in 2016,
and appointed to the Emirates Youth Council by the UAE government from 2016 to 2017.
She graduated from
New York University Abu Dhabi with a bachelor's degree in
political science in 2017. A year later, she earned her master's degree in Global Governance and Diplomacy from the
University of Oxford.
Between 2018 and 2020 Abulhoul was a diplomat at the
UAE Cabinet.
In 2021 Abulhoul founded the Fiker Institute, an Emirati think tank and strategic studies center. It weighs in on foreign affairs, general policies, and global governance with the goal of reshaping the narrative surrounding the Middle East. It is headquartered in Dubai with Abulhoul as its CEO.
Works
Films
* ''Galagolia'', 2008
Novels
* ''Galagolia: The Hidden Divination'', 2012
Short story collections
* ''"Rafai Speech"'' (original title: Khetab Rafai), 2018
* ''"The Boys’ Mum"'' (original title: Um al-Sibian), 2018
* ''"Al Dasis People"'' (original title: Qaoum al-Dasis), 2019
* ''“Bu al-Slasil”'', 2019
Awards
* 2008: Special recognition award for her animated film ''Galagolia'' at the
Gulf Film festival.
* 2016: Young Arab of the Year award at the inaugural Young Arab Awards of
ITP Media Group for her work in literature, journalism, and youth advocacy.
See also
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Afra Atiq
Afra Atiq (Arabic: عفراء عتيق) is an Emirati spoken word poet who was born in the United Arab Emirates to an Emirati father and a Japanese-American mother. Atiq holds a PhD in Media and Creative Industries from the United Arab Emirates ...
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Eman Al Yousuf
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Nadia Al Najjar
Nadia Al Najjar ( ar, نادية النجار) is an Emirati writer who published five short stories including "The Speckled Tiger", "I Am Different"; and three novels including "Cities of Passion" which won the first place in the Emirates Awar ...
References
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Emirati writers
Emirati women writers
21st-century Emirati women writers
21st-century Emirati writers
1996 births
Living people