Middle East
- BAI - Dubai International Arts and Literary Festival (see Pablo Ganguli)
- Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, annual held in March
- Istancool (see Pablo Ganguli)
- Majestic Petra (see Pablo Ganguli)
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