About JLF Doha
For the first time ever, Teamwork Arts, producer of the iconic annual Jaipur Literature Festival, brings to the Middle East, a celebration of literature and the power of dialogue to be held in the vibrant city of Doha in Qatar between December 12 and December 14, 2019 at the distinguished Qatar National Library.
Since 2014, Teamwork Arts, has taken JLF to international venues with editions in London, Belfast, New York, Boulder, Houston, Adelaide, Toronto and now Doha, recreating the Jaipur Festival’s spirit and magic across the world.
The Festival, in keeping with JLF’s international programming vision, will reinforce South Asia’s unique literary heritage, while being infused with flavours true to the proud literary legacy of Qatar. With globally-celebrated authors and thinkers taking part in a range of stimulating panels and debates, the programme resonates with ideas and issues critical to our present, past, and future.
Qatar National Library
Qatar National Library acts as a steward of Qatar’s national heritage by collecting, preserving and making available the country’s recorded history. As a research library, we foster and promote greater insight into the history and culture of the Gulf region, building bridges between Qatar and the rest of the world. As a public library, we provide equal access for all of Qatar's residents to an environment that supports creativity, independent decision-making and cultural development.
The Library’s 45,000-square-meter building, designed by Rem Koolhaas, encourages visitors to explore the progression of knowledge from the past to the present. It achieves a delicate balance between information availability and accessibility on the one hand, and content preservation and conservation on the other.
The Library offers members free access to more than one million books in its collections, along with ebooks, audiobooks, periodicals and newspapers, online journals and databases, and special collections. Our public events and regular exhibitions, allow visitors of all ages to learn, create and grow together, making the Library a true center of the Qatar community.
At our physical and spiritual heart is the Heritage Library, which contains historical Arabic and foreign-language books and manuscripts, maps, globes, photographs, navigation instruments, serials and archival collections relating to Qatar, the Gulf, and the Arab and Islamic worlds. The Heritage Library’s permanent exhibition features a rotating display of the highlights of the collection, giving visitors the opportunity to learn about the history and culture of Qatar and the region.
We are honored and excited to welcome the literary world to the Library at JLF – Doha. Ours is a diverse, multicultural community that loves to learn from each other’s stories, and this Festival epitomizes that spirit of dialogue, exchange and education.
Teamwork Arts
From Concept to Curation and Design to Production
Teamwork Arts is a highly versatile production company with roots in the performing arts, knowledge-creation, social action and the corporate world. For over 30 years, Teamwork Arts has taken India to the world and brought the world to India, presenting the finest of Indian performers, writers, change-makers and visual artists in the knowledge and arts space in India and abroad. The arts of India are unrivaled in their depth, diversity and mystery and showcasing India to global audiences requires a deep understanding of her culture, an acute sense of relevance in programming, an unflinching attention to detail and above all, love and respect for the artist. Our expertise spans the sphere of entertainment and knowledge, and includes making of documentary and feature films, conceptualizing and developing visual, performing arts and literary festivals around the world which embody both a classical and contemporary India, and nurturing new talent across all art forms.
Every year, we produce over 33 festivals in 42 cities and 17 countries in the fields of performing & visual arts and literature; our venues include Australia, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, the UK and USA as well as many eclectic festivals across India. We produce the world’s largest literary gathering: the annual Jaipur Literature Festival; JLF international now travels to the US, UK, Canada and Australia and the Maldives and Spain!
We produce acclaimed festivals across India such as the Ishara International Puppet Festival, the Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards (META), festivals of magical music -the Mahindra Kabira in Varanasi, the Sacred in Pushkar, the Jazz India Circuit in Goa and the National Capital Region, the Jaipur Music Stage in Jaipur and the monthly Under the Banyan Tree which happens on a “Full Moon” night in Delhi.
Our international festivals include India by the Nile in Egypt, India by the Bay in Hong Kong, Confluence - A Festival of India in Australia, India in the Sunshine City in Zimbabwe , India by the Bosphorus in Turkey, India in the Alps in Switzerland and many more. Our musical extravaganza, Bollywood Love Story - A Musical, continues to tour the world with sold-out shows everywhere it is held.
Even amidst the upheaval and unsettling times of 2020 and through 2021, Teamwork Arts successfully launched the digital series, ‘JLF Brave New World’ and ‘Words Are Bridges’, which were viewed by over 4.8 million people in their first season. Through its digital avatar, the Jaipur Literature Festival reached over 27 million viewers in January 2021 and brought together the world’s leading commentators and writers. Amidst the pandemic, Teamwork Arts also created ‘Art Matters’ - an initiative empowering artistes across India to collaborate across genres by commissioning them to create new works. It has since then raised awareness, actioned change, developed support channels and inspired the community to contribute to the cause in various direct and indirect ways. The digital series ‘Be Inspired’ was launched in 2021 – a series that crystal-gazes into the future with conversations on science, technology, innovation, environment and more.
More information at: www.teamworkarts.com
