Syrian singer Suhair Shugair performs a song for legendary Egyptian singer Umm Kulthoum during the Khayyam Evening within the activities of the second day of the Dubai International Poetry Festival 2009: A Thousand Poets, One Language Thursday in Dubai. Prominent Saudi poets Shaikh Ayid Al-Qarni and Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Ashmawi regaled the audience with their sense of humor and poetry during their one-and-a-half hours soiree at the Dubai World Trade Center Thursday. – SG photo by Dr. Abdullah Al