20 Alf Dūlār: Arabiska 2025

I will leave home and school and throw my dreams and projects in the trash. My father is in trouble, and I need to save him as soon as possible. But my brother Hadi strongly objects, and my friend Aman considers what I'm doing insane. Even my friends Maha and Farah didn't believe my decision. As for me... I don't know what awaits me. Fatima Sharaf Al-Din is a writer, editor, and translator specializing in children's and young adult literature. She works with several publishing houses in Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Belgium. To date, she has published more than 150 books, many of which have been translated into various languages. She has won several Arab and international awards and honorary lists, most recently being shortlisted for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2022. Her novel "Faten" in Italian won the 2022 Gramsci Award, her novel "Cappuccino" won the Etisalat Award for Young Adult Book of the Year in 2017, and her book "Your Tongue Is Your Horse" won the Bologna Ragazzi New Horizon Award in 2016. She gives creative writing workshops in Lebanon and the Arab world, helps aspiring writers edit and publish their texts, and participates in several international book fairs and conferences.