Literary culture in ... the UAE

       In The National Ayesha Almazroui suggests Subsidise novelists to bolster literary culture of the UAE -- something one of the richest countries of the world could certainly afford.
       She suggests setting aside some money so that:

This fund could establish a sponsorship system that provides carefully selected Emirati writers with monthly payments for a certain period of time, to enable them to focus on their vocation. It could also recruit critics to review their books to help establish a culture of literary criticism.

       Of course, more is needed -- as she recognizes:

And this process ought to start from the very early stages in schools and universities. The first step is to improve the education system so that it makes students more accustomed to reading and writing.

       Money alone can't buy a literary culture (or make for good writing), but it probably can't hurt .....