Taaleem Award
The theme for the 2017 Taaleem Award was Journeys.
The Oxford University Press Story Competition
The theme for the 2017 Oxford University Press Story Competition was Journeys.
Chevron Readers’ Cup
The Chevron Readers’ Cup is a quiz-style competition that has grown in popularity around the GCC. Teams of students, selected by their schools, will compete to demonstrate their understanding of selected books by authors coming to the 2017 Festival.
Qasidah Par Coeur Competition
The Qasidah par Coeur Competition is a performance-based poetry competition in which students perform poems in Arabic and English. Qasidah par Coeur is not just a recitation, but rather a chance to demonstrate a more in-depth understanding of the chosen poems.