ice , ▁Ah da f ▁Sou e if , ▁among ▁others . ▁ 2 0 1 5 : ▁Over ▁ 1 3 0 ▁authors ▁attended ▁the ▁sevent h ▁Festival ▁which ▁featured ▁best - s elling ▁authors ▁from ▁around ▁the ▁world , ▁including ▁Ch im am anda ▁N go zi ▁Ad ich ie , ▁Char ley ▁Bo orm an , ▁Julia ▁Donald son , ▁N aw al ▁El - Sa ada wi , ▁Soph ie ▁Hann ah , ▁Alexander ▁Mc Call ▁Smith , ▁David ▁Mitchell , ▁Michael ▁Mor pur go , ▁HE ▁She ik ha ▁Lub na ▁B int ▁K hal id ▁Al ▁Q as imi , ▁David ▁Wal li ams ▁and ▁Mark us ▁Z us ak . ▁The ▁Festival ▁also ▁presented ▁the ▁first - ever ▁U AE ▁appearance ▁of ▁the ▁life - size ▁War ▁Hor se ▁pu ppets , ▁Jo ey ▁and ▁Top th orn , ▁at ▁the ▁War ▁Hor se ▁Con cert , ▁and ▁a ▁performance ▁of ▁' K night ▁of ▁Peace ' ▁by ▁Jason ▁K ouch ak ▁to ▁critical ▁acc laim . ▁During ▁the ▁year , ▁the ▁Festival ▁had ▁conducted ▁a ▁survey ▁for ▁the ▁favour ite ▁Arab ic ▁and ▁English ▁books ▁of ▁the ▁U AE . ▁The ▁results ▁were ▁announced ▁at ▁the ▁Festival ▁to ▁be ▁Par aps cy h ology ▁by ▁Ali ▁Al - W ardi , ▁as ▁the ▁top ▁Arab ic ▁book , ▁and ▁Har per ▁Lee ' s ▁To ▁Kill ▁A ▁Mock ing bird , ▁as ▁the ▁top ▁English ▁book . ▁ 2 0 1 6 : ▁More ▁than