"The debate will explore the issue of censorship and the different cultural preconceptions which we hold regarding the acceptable limits of freedom of expression."

Participants:
* His Excellency Mohammed al-Murr - Vice-Chairman of the Dubai Cultural and Arts Authority
* Margaret Atwood - International PEN Vice-President (via video link from Toronto, Canada)
* Nelofer Pazira - President of PEN Canada (via video-link from Toronto, Canada)
* Rachel Billington - Novelist and previous President Of English PEN
* Rajaa al-Sanea - Saudi author of women's fiction
* Andrei Kurkov - A Ukranian author who writes in Russian, his novels were first published in the West in 2001
* Ibrahim Nasrallah - Palestinian-Jordanian author, shortlisted for the Arab Booker Prize
* Martin Knelman - Canadian Journalist (via video-link from Toronto, Canada)

Venue: Emirates Airline International Festival of Literature (EAIFL - eaifl.com), Dubai

Date: 28th February 2009

Original Announcement: eaifl.com/pr27feb09