For the Qatar-Morocco 2024 Year of Culture, Moroccan novelist Tuhami al-Wazzani has been selected as the “personality of the year” for this edition of the Katara Arabic Novel Festival, which celebrates pioneers of the Arabic novel.

As such, katara – the Cultural Village will shed light on the novelist's life and work by holding a photo exhibition documenting highlights of his life and work, as well as a symposium discussing the evolution of Moroccan literature from its inception with him all the way to the present-day.

These events are set to take place on October 14, the second day of the Katara Arabic Novel Festival, which will run from October 13-20.