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This year, I was so excited to attend the IBBY 2018 Congress in Athens, Greece. It is really a pleasure to be able to sit in a room surrounded with children’s book authors, illustrators, publishers, librarians, and lovers of all kinds. The amount of research done and shared in the short weekend conference is justContinueContinue reading “Attending the IBBY 2018 Congress in Athens!”

Yesterday, I was very happy to be able to attend a British Petroleum BP event marking their support of education in Egypt. Until today, BP has helped fund 100 Egyptian scholars attend Cambridge university! As one of these scholars, I can not say how lucky I still feel. The Minister of Higher Education and theContinueContinue reading “Celebrating 100 Cambridge scholars!”

Get excited! My first picturebook “Mila the Beautiful Cat” or “ميلا القطة الجميلة ” is coming soon! And it will be published by the famous and award winning Lebanese publishing house, Asala! What does a little girl and her local cat have in common? A love for ice cream! So when the ice cream shopContinueContinue reading “Mila the Beautiful Cat – ميلا القطة الجميلة Coming Soon!”

In celebration of World Book Day on March 1st, the British International School of Madinaty (BISM) asked me to be their Featured Author during their Book Week! This was an exciting week where I gave workshops to students in grades 3-6, a talk for students in grades 7-10, and a presentation to elementary school parents about theContinueContinue reading “Featured Author of Book Week at BISM!”

This Friday, I was happy to visit the 49th Cairo International Book Fair. It is scheduled to take place from the 27th of January all the way to the 10th of February – so if you have not already visited, you have time! The place was packed with friends and parents and children all browsing forContinueContinue reading “Cairo Book Fair 2018”

And the books are distributed. The Room to Read team and I visited Collateral Repair Project – Helping Urban Refugees in Jordan, one of our distribution partners that provides incredible support to refugee families in Jordan, through free classes and family food vouchers. Donate to them; they need your help. While I am so proudContinueContinue reading “Picturebook Distribution!”

On November 14th, I stood before a crowd of 150 authors, illustrators, publishers, media, and VIPs to present the culmination of a year of extraordinary work. The truth is a good picturebook, where both the text and illustrations equally tell a story, takes not less than 2-3 years to produce. This truth was shattered asContinueContinue reading “Room to Read – Publishing 20 Picturebooks!”

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope during this festive time of year that everyone enjoys some holiday spirit and well-deserved time off. I personally always take some time to reflect and think ahead of my goals or resolutions for the New Year. During the annual CAC Book Fair this month, I was invited again to readContinueContinue reading “Camel Christmas and Book Fair at CAC!”

Thank you to the tempest that wrote about me and my work! They say, “This Egyptian author is revolutionizing her homeland’s book scene, and she has advice that we all need to hear.” Read more here!