Petra Dünges, Articles on Arabic children's literature (in English)

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Articles on Arabic children's literature (in English)

Articles by Petra Dünges

Arabic Children’s Literature Today: Determining Factors and Tendencies (Petra Dünges, PMLA, the journal of the Modern Language Association of America)
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This article was used for example in the course Writing for Children by Yasmine Motawy, which took place in Spring 2012 at the Department of Rhetoric and Composition of The American University in Cairo.
Translating Arabic Children's Literature into German (Petra Dünges, arablit.wordpress.com)
For WorldKidLit Month, Petra Dünges Recommends 4 Great Kids’ Books to Translate from Arabic into World Languages (Petra Dünges, worldkidlit.wordpress.com)

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Sharjah is Guest of Honour at Bologna Children's Book Fair 2022 (gulfnews.com)
1001 Titles announces creative writing retreat for Emirati and Arab writers (zawya.com)
Looking for Solutions to the Challenges of Arabic Children's Literature (by Yasmine Motawy, about a discussion moderated by the publisher Balsam Saad during Cairo Book Fair with authors Taghreed Najjar, Fatima Sharafeddine and Nahed AlShawa. Among the attendees were the illustrators Ahmed Soliman, Mohamed Taha, Suhayla Khaled, Basma Hossam, Aya Khamis, and Abeer Hassan, the authors Iman Afandi and Amira Mamdouh, and publishers such as Amira Aboul Magd from Dar al-Shorouk and Stephan Trudewind of Edition Orient)
Picture Book Author Walid Taher: When I Write, I Consider Everyone a Child (interview with Walid Taher, by Marcia Lync Qualey, arabkidlitnow.com)
Picturebook Makers: Hanane Kai (by the illustrator Hanane Kai, about her Bologna Ragazzi Award-winning picturebook Lisanak Hisanak (Tongue Twisters), picturebookmakers.com)
Adolescence, Food, and Illustrating Family History: A Talk About Teta and Babcia (interview with the author Miranda Beshara, by Yasmine Motawy, arablit.org)
4 Arabic-language Writers Nominated for 2020 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award(by Marcia Lynx Qualey,arabkidlitnow.com)
The new wave. Arab Teens and Young Adult Literture (by Marcia Lynx Qualey, qantara.de)
How the Sheikh Zayed Book Awards hope to shine a global spotlight on Arabic literary voices (about The Sheikh Zayed Book Award at Frankfurt International Book Fair 2019, by Saeed Saeed, thenational.ae)
Cartoonist Walid Taher delivers poetry to children through drawings(interview with Walid Taher, by Dina Ezzat, ahram.org.eg)
Rania Amin on Untying Authors' Hands When Writing Arabic Literature for Young People (interview with author Rania Amin, arablit.org)
Award Winning Author Reveals Challenges Writing for Children and Teenagers (Interview with Rania Hussein Amin, by Iman Refaat, womenofegyptmag.com)
Zayed Award Winner Hussain Al Mutawaa on Children and the Habit of Reading (by Porter Anderson, publishingperspectives.com)
Anime and manga can infuse vitality into the Arabic language (by Rym Ghazal, thenational.ae)
Publishing stereotypes and the youth's diminishing interest in Arabic books (panel discussion at Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF) with Egyptian author Amal Farah and Kuwaiti author Latifa Butti, moderated by Abdul Fattah Sabry, nasher-news.com)
Haitham al Khawaja's insights into utilising heritage in children's literature (a session at the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF), by Jafar Al Oqaili, nasher-news.com)
A timeline of children's literature in Algeria (by Shawqi Bin Hassan, nasher-news.com)
Not enough quality Arabic children’s literature(Authors Marwa Al Aqroubi and Taghreed Aref Najjar speak on What Children Want to Read during the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature in Dubai, Shafaat Shahbandari, gulfnews.com)
Kamel Kilani's magical stories revolutionized Arabic children's literature(Baheyya, mulosige.soas.ac.uk)
Germany's Arabic Children's Literature Festival. Karim's adventures(Claudia Mende, qantara.de)
Seminar on tolerance in children's books(a seminar at the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF), by Jafar Al Oqaili, nasher-news.com)
Hope raises a Syrian bookstore from the ground (interview with children's book publishers Samer al-Kadri and Gulnar Hajo, who now have a bookshop in Turkey, by Mel Plant, agos.com.tr)
Travelling Light: Walid Taher Talks to Yasmine Motawy About His Latest Book, Out in Arabic and French (arablit.org)
Interview with Lena Merhej (about comics in Lebanon, sobeirut.com)
Syrian Couple Opens Istanbul's First Arabic-Language Bookshop (interview with Samer Qadri and Gulnar Hajo, by Ignacio M. Delgado Culebras, muftah.org)
Helmi El-Touni: The Great Legacy of Egyptian Folkloric Art(interview with the artist and illustrator Helmi El-Touni, by Ola El Soueni, communitytimes.me)
Celebrated Kidlit Author and Publisher Amal Farah on Surprises, Processes, and Wishes (interview with Amal Farah, Egypt’s candidate for the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Children’s Literature in 2018, by Yasmine Motawy from the Egyptian Board on Books for Young People, arablit.org)
Reading our own stories: Boom in Arabic children's books (interview on Palestinian children's literature with the writer Taghreed Najjar and others, by Bethan Staton, middleeasteye.net)
An Emirati children's book author talks about emotions (interview with the writer Nadia Saleem Al Kalbani, by Alice Johnson, thenational.ae)
Majallet Onboz: A promising magazine for children (about a Lebanese children's magazine in Arabic language, by Moe Chreif, alaraby.co.uk)
The Arab World – (not) an unlimited bookmarket?, a panel discussion at Frankfurt Bookfair with Amira El Ahl (moderator), Valentina Qussissiya (Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation, Jordan), Karam Youssef (publisher, Al Kotob Khan, Egypt), and Rania Zaghir (author and publisher of children's books, Al Khayyat Al Saghir, Lebanon) (by Amira Elmasry, litrix.de)
EBBY: A Home for Everyone Working on Children's Culture in Egypt (about a talk given by Yasmine Motawy, Shahira Khalil and Rania Hussein Amin, ebby-egypt.com)
Featured Artist: David Habchy (interview with the illustrator David Habchy, lebrecord.com )
We shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but we do (on book cover designers in Egypt, english.ahram.org.eg)
Lebanese Libraries of Hope bring laughter to Syrian refugee children (by Nohad Topalian, al-shorfa.com)
Dying reading culture shows signs of life (about Lebanon's public libraries, by Nadine Elali, now.mmedia.me)
What's happening with science fiction in Arabic? (by Marcia Lynx Qualey, yourmiddleeast.com)
Revolution For Kids Translated (interview with Mohieddin Ellabbad and Nawal Traboulsi about the publishing house Dar El Fata, by Hassan Khan, bidoun.org)
Illustrating change (by Sophie Chamas, al-akhbar.com)
Storytelling in a digital age. Children’s book author, Rania Zaghair, enchants young readers with her extraordinary storytelling (by Nathalie Rosa Bucher, now.mmedia.me)
The Gold Ring (about a manga written by Qais Sedki and illustrated by Akira Himekawa, by Erica Friedman, hoodedutilitarian.com)
PJ Library, Jewish kids' books provider, expands to Arab sector (by Julie Wiener, jta.org)
Huge appetite for exciting stories (about the Hakawati bookshop for children and young people in Amman, Claudia Mende, qantara.de)
A Space of One's Own (interview with illustrator and author Walid Taher, by Yasmine Motawy, aucegypt.edu)
Identity and cultural exchange: what is a good children's book? (goethe.de)
Talented Emirati authors and illustrators present children's stories created during workshops (sharjahbookfair.com)
Children's Literature (thearabicnovel.weebly.com)
In Translation: Creativity vs. Responsibility and Colloquial vs Standard Arabic (by Mona Elnamoury, on the second international translation forum at Al-Alsun, arablit.wordpress.com)
Fatima Sharafeddine: On Writing and Translating Arabic Children's Literature (an interview by Mona Elnamoury, arablit.wordpress.com)
Fatima Sharafeddine in conversation (an interview by Alice Guthrie from Literature Across Frontiers, lit-across-frontiers.org)
10 Tips for Writing (an Arabic) Children's Book (by Rania Hussein Amin, readkutubkids)
Emirati author enthralls children with tales (by Sara Janahi, gulfnews.com)
Sharjah IBBY Fund meets at London international congress (by Jumana Khamis, gulfnews.com)
1m Etisalat Literature Award launched (khaleejtimes.com)
Sharjah Book Fair kids programme a hit (by Jumana Khamis, gulfnews.com)
The Arabic script can be minimalist and contemporary (Interview with Lara Assouad Khoury, by Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFares, khtt.net)
Lebanese YCE Wins Award in Bologna (on the book Tabati by Nadine Touma and Lara Assouad Khoury, published by Dar Onboz, which won the Opera Prima award, by creativeconomy.britishcouncil.org)
Sheikh Zayed Book Award receives 65 nominations in Children’s category(khaleejtimes.com)
Why Harry Potter's Latest Trick Is to Speak a Syrian Dialect(By Bill Spindle, The Wall Strret Journal)
Now history. What happened to Mrs Suzanne Mubarak and her foundations (by Reem Leila, ahram.org.eg)
Suzanne Mubarak under investigation over foreign funds (Suzanne Mubarak is facing investigation with respect to the Reading For All Project, Ahmed Shalaby, almasryalyoum)
Inventing the wheel (about the illustrator Ihab Shakir, by Youssef Rakha, ahram.org.eg)
Hear Hassan Sees Everything and other children's stories this summer (about Story-telling in bookstores in Egypt, by Dina Ezzat, ahram.org.eg)
Unwelcome at The Fox Hotel (about a book by Mohamed Makhzangi, by Ali Abdel Mohsen, almasryalyoum.com)
Egypt''s reading revolution (also about children's bookstores in Egypt, M Lynx Qualey, Almasry Alyoum, masress.com)
Al-Balsam bookstore turns one (children's bookstore in Cairo, M Lynx Qualey, Almasry Alyoum, masress.com)
Inspirations for Children’s Books in Saudi Arabia: Part 1, Objects and Feelings (Nojood Alsudairi, wowlit.web.arizona.edu)
Inspirations for Children’s Books in Saudi Arabia: Part 2, Misho and His Laughter (Nojood Alsudairi, wowlit.web.arizona.edu)
Inspirations for Children’s Books in Saudi Arabia: Part 3, Thobe Recycling (Nojood Alsudairi, wowlit.web.arizona.edu)
Inspirations for Children’s Books in Saudi Arabia: Part 4: A Part of a Whole (Nojood Alsudairi, wowlit.web.arizona.edu)
Inspirations for Children’s Books in Saudi Arabia: Part 5: In our children’s Hands! (Nojood Alsudairi, wowlit.web.arizona.edu)
In other words: When translation stifles local talent (Marcia Lynx Qualey, almasryalyoum.com)
Literature in Children’s Shoes. First German-Emirati Workshop for Children’s Book Authors (goethe.de)
Kalima translates Kirsten Boie's Alhambra into Arabic (middle-east-online.com)
Sheikh Zayed Book Award Announces its Fifth Year Winners (alowaisnet.org)
New children's books take on environmental issues (Marcia Lynx Qualey, almasryalyoum.com)
First Doha International Children’s Book Festival gets under way (dohapress.com)
UAEBBY announces winner of the Etisalat Prize for Arabic Children’s Literature 2010(albawaba.com)
Faten wins Best Book Award at Beirut Book Fair (emirates247)
Twilight arrives in the Arabic world(Hala Khalaf, thenational.ae)
Scholastic makes inroads into Arabic children's book market (Geraldine Baum, latimes.com)
A Birds-Eye View on Activities of Palestine IBBY (Jehan Helou, download from usbby.org)
Mohie al-Dien al-Labbad: A great loss for Egypt and the Arab world (Amira el-Noshokaty, almasryalyoum.com)
UAEBBY to organise Etisalat Prize for Arabic Children's Literature (eyeofdubai.com)
International Board on Books for Young People officially launches UAE chapter (about the membership of the United Arab Emirates in IBBY, eyeofdubai.com)
Tintin present in Arab world despite censorship (Alain Navarro, middle-east-online.com)
We Don't Translate Any Old Trash (interview with Mustafa al-Slaiman about the Kalima Foundation, qantara.de)
Drive to bring the joy of reading to Arab children of the world (about the launch of the Sharjah International Children’s Book Forum , by Yasin Kakande, thenational.ae)
Oxford hosts Sheikh Zayed Book Award annual lecture (Award-winning authors Ammar Ali Hasan and Qais Sedki give talks at Oxford University, middle-east-online.com)
Gold Ring: the UAE's first manga (interview with the author and publisher Qais Sedki, by Oliver Good, thenational.ae)
Bridging differences through children’s literature (an interview with Sabah Aisawi, who took part in the 19th Biennial Congress of the International Research Society for Children’s Literature, by Hassna’a Mokhtar, arabnews.com)
Books For A New World (by Arthur Clark, saudiaramcoworld.com)
Women know - Rania Khallaf looks into the increasing female presence in the publishing industry (weekly.ahram.org.eg)
Give them books (about a ban on importing Arabic children's books into Israel from Arab countries, by Avirama Golan, haaretz.com)
Publishers dismayed by DICF cancellation (about the cancellation of the Dubai International Children's Book Fair 2010, by Catherine Neilan, thebookseller.com)
You Don't Have a Chance, so Take it! - Publishers in the Arab World (about a workshop in Abu Dhabi for Arab publishers, by Gabriele Rubner, qantara.de)
Dh1m for children’s book prize winners (about the winners of the inaugural Etisalat Prize for Arabic Children’s Literature, Nabeeha Muheidli, Nadine Saidani and Dar Al Hadaeq, by Anna Seaman, thenational.ae)
AED 1 million Etisalat Prize for Arab Childrens Literature announced (eyeofdubai.com)
Fair deal for children at Sharjah Book Fair (by Shadiah Abdullah, arabnews,com)
Healthy reading: Bringing up a bookworm (by Louisa Wilkins, gulfnews.com)
A mission to inculcate love for Arabic among children (about the publishing house Kalimat, by Fatma Salem, gulfnews.com )
Visual Foreign Correspondents: Lena Merhej (by Annet Dekker, visualcorrespondents.com)
Bloomsbury's Arabian Gruffalo (about children's literature at the Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing, thebookseller.com)
Arab Youth Venture Foundation teams with Jerboa Books (ameinfo.com)
Lebanese get lesson on domestic workers from Mimi (about a series of books launched in Lebanon to sensitise population to foreign domestic workers, middle-east-online.com)
Search for a new chapter in Arabic youth fiction (by Kareem Shaheen, thenational.ae)
Carnegie Mellon Qatar alumna garners position as Top 30 under 30: Jinanne Tabra is identified as part of the next generation of Arab leaders according to CEO Middle East (about the founder of araboh.com, an article by Al Afifi, cmu.edu)
Dubai International Children's Book Fair draws significant interest from top global publishers at London Book Fair (ameinfo.com)
Children's books in Arabic are a sad tale (by Alice Johnson, gulfnews.com)
Beirut Book Fair (On the 52nd Beirut Book Fair 2008, with special focus at younger readers, by Souad Habka, tadamon.ca, first published at The Daily Star)
Literary Publishers in Cairo, A Special Form of Modern Publishing (Axel von Ernst, with infos about the publishing house Al Balsam, qantara.de)
Sarah's World (about the book Sarah's Mirror: A Young Girl's Journey Through Time with a Talking Mirror by Maha Al-Faisal and Maryam A. Sharief, an article by Liza Kaaki, arabnews.com)
World's Biggest Children's Book Prize Launched At BEA (about the Etisalat Prize for Arabic Children's Literature from Sharjah, booktrade.info)
Tamer Institute in Ramallah Wins Astrid Lindgren Literary Prize (by Niklas Magnusson, bloomberg.com)
Publishers for children's literature are rare in the region (by Mariam M. Al Serkal, gulfnews.com)
If things could talk (about the novel King of Things by Tarek Abdel-Bary, an article by Rania Khallaf, ahram.org)
The Arab Education Forum (AEF): Building on what is beautiful, inspiring, healthy, and abundant in the Arab world (has projects with Arabic children's literature, by Munir Fasheh, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University)
The Almost Complete Lack of the Element of Futureness, Science Fiction in Arabic Literature(Achmed A. W. Khammas, heise.de)
Pioneer of Children's Literature(about Kamel Keilany, arabicnews.com)
Muslim Superheroes, The Arab Hulks (by Sonja Zekri, qantara.de)
Where is the music? (about music for children in Egypt and the writer Amal Farah, by Rania Khallaf, al-Ahram)
Abdel-Tawwab Youssef: An older child (Interview with the Egyptian author Abdel-Tawwab Youssef, by Youssef Rakha, al-Ahram)
Ali Mandalawi: The Movements on an Artist's Brain (about the Kurdish artist Ali Mandalawi, by Suzan Quitaz, KurdishMedia.com )
An Illustrator's Dream (about the Saudi comic book illustrator Muhannad Shono, by Namir Alirez, Arab News)
Fighting illiteracy and aliteracy - Author aims to make standard Arabic fun for children (by Linda Dahdah, The Daily Star, Lebanonwire)
Local authors are extremely important (abour Magrudy’s bookshop in Dubai, by Philippa Kennedy, thenational.ae)
"We're trapped ... books free our minds" (The Observer Book Aid Appeal for the Palestinian publishing house Tamer Institute, by Conal Urquhart, The Observer)
Euro-Arab Neighbourhood - Student magazines in the Arab States and Europe (a UNESCO project for the exchange between young people of European and Arab states)
Arab Fairy Tales in Disney Times: A Comparative Socio-Literary Approach (1) (by Magdi Youssef, Art in Society)
Translating Children's Literature in the Arab World - The State of the Art (by Sabeur Mdallel, Meta)
The Sociology of Children's Literature in the Arab World (by Sabeur Mdallel, Alice's Academy)
Once upon a book (Interview with Amira Aboulmagd, publishing manager of Dar al-Shorouq, by Amina Elbendary, al-Ahram)
Helmi El-Touni: Message in a Fish (Portrait of the famous Egyptian illustrator Helmi El-Touni, by Amira Howeidy, al-Ahram)
The right to read (about the Cairo Child Book Fair (CCBF) 2004, by Dina Ezzat, al-Ahram)
An industry overview (about the Seventh Euro-Arab Book Fair in Paris, by David Tresilian. al-Ahram)
Freeing the imagination (about Arabic children's magazines, by Rania Khallaf, al-Ahram)
Taking on Mideast bad guys - with super powers (by Paul Schemm, San Franciso Cronicle)
Spiderman? Who 's that? Zein the Last Pharao is more like it! - AK Comics usher in the era of the homegrown Middle Eastern superhero (by Issandr El Amrani, The Daily Star, Lebanonwire)
Comics to Battle for Truth, Justice and the Islamic Way (interview with the Kuwaiti author Naif al-Mutawa about the Comic The 99, by Hassan M. Fattah, New York Times)
In the eyes of a child (about the National Museum for Children's Art (NMCA) in Zeitoun, Egypt, by Rania Khallaf, al-Ahram)
Indispensable beginnings (about the visit to Cairo of Eden Lipson, children's book editor of the New York Times, by Rania Khallaf, al-Ahram)
The Arab/Muslim World: How It Looks in Books for American Children (by Elsa Marston, Alice's Academy)

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