[#UAEReads | #ReadYourWayHome2024] Sustainable Development Goal Narratives of the Young Voices Of Arabia

Myra here.

I am very privileged to have been invited to serve as Guest Curator/Editor for the whole month of March for Global Literature in Libraries Initiative (GLLI). I am deeply indebted to my stellar book tribe who made this month’s guest curation so dynamic, exciting, and filled with so many possibilities.

I did mention in my introductory post that the curation that my team and I are doing for #UAEReads would be reflective of the diverse demographic population that the UAE has – with literature coming from the major nationalities comprising the entire country: Emiratis, Pakistanis, Indians, Filipinos, Egyptians – and other nationalities (which also make up 38.55% of the country’s population as can be seen in the image below).

Thus #UAEReads would comprise of #EmiratiLit, #PakistaniLit, #IndianLit, #EgyptianLit, #PhilippineLit among others.

My Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Plus team has provided us a sneak preview of our upcoming SDG book list here targeting SDGs 1-10; and here for SDGs 11-17 plus our three additional themes.

Today, our indefatigable PhD Candidate, Najla Al Owais, is back, with her recent discovery of an anthology of short stories written by young people in the UAE about the Sustainable Development Goals.

Najla Al Owais, PhD Candidate, Guest Contributor for #UAEReads.

Check out dear Najla’s feature of Young Voices Of Arabia for our GLLI #UAEReads curation here.