DOHA: The Qatari Forum for Authors broadcast the first session of the `I Choose For You From Qatar National Library (QNL)’ initiative, which was launched in cooperation with the library as part of its efforts to strengthen relations with various bodies working in the field of culture to serve authors and to present their literary works.
The session shed light on the novel Started Coincidentally, Ended Forever by author Mariam Al Ansari and was broadcast on the YouTube channel of the forum.
The first session was presented Wednesday by Eman Al Shammari, an information librarian at QNL, who confirmed she had chosen to discuss this novel, considering that it was one of the bestsellers at the 2019 International Book Fair in Kuwait and stressed Al Ansari is considered one of the most important young authors who have taken an interest in highlighting national identity through their wows.
Al Shammari explained the novel contained a great deal of dialogue between the main character and the other characters, all of which was in the Qatari colloquial dialect, which she believed had reinforced the Qatari identity.
The sessions of “I Choose For You From QNL” will continue over the next three weeks, as on 19 August, the session would discuss the novel Mayhood and Genius by Dr Ahmed Abdul Malik, and the following session will discuss Arabian Nights and Days by Naguib Mahfouz on 26 August, the anniversary of his death, while the following session would present an overview of Crime and Punishment by Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky.