Money is something that comes and goes. It is people’s talents and hopes that last!

(Khulood Al Atiyat, TEDxDubai 10.10.09)

The Talk:

A couple of years back Khulood and a group of friends wanted to bring back to the UAE a focus on the arts--as opposed to a constant focus on consumption and money. So, they created a number of empty journals to distribute across the UAE.

If you receive a journal, you must contribute to the journal and pass it on to someone else who will then contribute to the journal as well. Once each journal is filled, the creator of the last page must return the book to Khulood and co. to be read, researched and published…

Why are they doing this, you ask?

Khulood explains that the journals will showcase talents in the UAE and document the history of the UAE in ...