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Fatima Sharafeddine

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See also فاطمة شرف الدين.

Fatima Sharafeddine was born in 1966 in Beirut, Lebanon, and spent the first six years of her childhood in Sierra Leon, in West Africa.
Three years after she returned with her family to live in her native country, the Lebanese civil war started. She spent the next 15 years of her life moving between cities, houses, and schools, always trying to refuge in the safest area.
In 1989, she received her B.A. in Early Childhood Education from the Lebanese American University. A year later, she got married and moved to the USA where she received a Master’s degree in Educational Theory and Practice (1993), with focus on Children’s Literature, and a Master’s degree in Modern Arabic Literature (1996), both from Ohio State Univers See also فاطمة شرف الدين.

Fatima Sharafeddine was born in 1966 in Beirut, Lebanon, and spent the first six years of her childhood in Sierra Leon, in West Africa.
Three years after she returned with her family to live in her native country, the Lebanese civil war started. She spent the next 15 years of her life moving between cities, houses, and schools, always trying to refuge in the safest area.
In 1989, she received her B.A. in Early Childhood Education from the Lebanese American University. A year later, she got married and moved to the USA where she received a Master’s degree in Educational Theory and Practice (1993), with focus on Children’s Literature, and a Master’s degree in Modern Arabic Literature (1996), both from Ohio State University.
She moved to Houston, Texas in 1996, where she worked for two years as a lead teacher with children aged 3 to 6. At a later stage, she taught Arabic Language and Culture classes at Rice University (from 1998 to 2001).
In 2001, she moved with her husband and two children to Brussels, Belgium, and decided to become fully dedicated to writing for children. She currently works with three publishing houses, ASALA (Lebanon), KALIMAT (UAE), and MIJADE (Belgium). She mainly writes for children between 0 and 12 years old, but recently started writing for young adults. Over the last 6 years, she has written and published over 45 books, and translated several others from English and French into Arabic.
Moreover, several of her books have been translated to various Asian and European languages (details in the bibliography).
In March of 2007, she won the award of the best book of 2007 for her book “Mountain rooster” from the ‘National Committee of the Lebanese Child’, and in February 2009, her book “There is war in my city” was chosen to be on the honor list of Anna Lindh Foundation.
In 2010 she was nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, for her achievements in Children’s Literature in the Arab World.
Fatima is an active member of the Society for Children Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), Brussels branch, where she participates in several workshops a year, as well as organizes bimonthly critique group meetings. She also attends several book fairs during the year, mainly the Frankfurt book fair, the Bologna book fair, and the Beirut International Book fair. She participates in various reading activities in Lebanon, such as the Reading Week (in spring) and the Book Festival (in summer), where she gets a chance to go to remote villages in Lebanon and read to the children in schools and public libraries.
She has recently started to give workshops, in various Arab capitals, for writers who want to focus on children’s literature. ...more

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Chez moi c'est la guerre

A book originally written and Arabic, with the title "في مدينتي حرب". It tells a very simple story about a little girl living in a city where there is war and occupation.

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Published on April 14, 2010 01:25

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	The Amazing Discoveries of Ibn Sina by Fatima Sharafeddine (Goodreads Author), Intelaq Mohammed Ali (Illustrations) 3.84 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Amazing Travels of Ibn Battuta by Fatima Sharafeddine (Goodreads Author), Intelaq Mohammed Ali (Illustrations), فاطمة شرف الدين really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	تويت كواك كواك بق بق بق by Fatima Sharafeddine (Goodreads Author), فاطمة شرف الدين 4.42 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grandma and the Moon جدتي والقمر by Fatima Sharafeddine (Goodreads Author), Maya Fidawi (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Longer Afraid لا أخاف by Fatima Sharafeddine (Goodreads Author), Lena Merhej (Illustrator) 4.24 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	يداي by Fatima Sharafeddine (Goodreads Author) (كاتب), فاطمة شرف الدين, لجينة الأصيل (رسام) 4.13 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Not so Little Anymore لم أعد صغيرة by Fatima Sharafeddine (Goodreads Author), فاطمة شرف الدين 4.40 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ربطة و لاأسهل by Fatima Sharafeddine (Goodreads Author), فاطمة شرف الدين 4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	أسبح كالسمكة by Fatima Sharafeddine (Goodreads Author), فاطمة شرف الدين 4.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Play with Dad ألعب مع بابا by Fatima Sharafeddine (Goodreads Author), Angela Nurpetlian (Illustrator) 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“بيروت مدينة مليئة بصخب الحياة. والموت.”
― Fatima Sharafeddine, فاتن

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message 9: by A.

Apr 26, 2011 10:41PM

استاذة فاطمة

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

بالصدفة اكتشفت أن لديك صفحة أخرى في قودريدز

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من الأفضل دمجها في صفحة واحدة

أنا أو أي من الأصدقاء ممن يحملون صلاحيات أمناء المكتبة يمكنهم فعل ذلك

تحياتي

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message 8: by Fatima

May 13, 2010 12:37AM

Donabilla wrote: "و العزيز مرجان أيضا:)"

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message 7: by Fatima

May 13, 2010 12:37AM

Donabilla wrote: "أستاذه فاطمه
أتمنى وضع بقية كتبك في الموقع مثل كتاب أشغال ومهن و كتاب كيف أشعر إذا ممكن .. كتبك من أفضل الكتب عندي و عند أولادي :)"

شكرا على اهتمامك يا
Donnabilla
بصراحة لا أجد الطريقة التي بإمكاني إضافة كتب على لائحة كتبي في هذا الموقع. أظن أن على المشتركين إضافة الكتب وليس الكاتب. فكل الكتب الموجودة أضافها قراء...
مع أمنياتي بقراءات قادمة ممتعة مع أطفالك

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message 6: by Donabilla

May 12, 2010 01:05PM