The World Arabic Literary Salon hosts poets, writers, literary critics and translators providing an open forum for discussion on their works, ideas, and missions. The Salon explores recent developments and achievements in Arabic literature and culture in the context of other literatures and cultures of the world and discusses them in their reciprocal reflection. The Salon aims to introduce emerging talents and new texts to the public across languages, cultures, literary and artistic traditions. It promotes literature as a channel of artistic, cultural, religious, social and political realities, and encourages its participants to engage with them critically and creatively. The mission of the Salon is to shift perspectives, to overcome stereotypes and to promote intercultural dialogue.