The Middle East & North Africa
Morocco
Alya and the Three Cats
Amina Hachimi Alaoui
Mehdi Retnani (Translator)
Maya Fidawi (Illustrator)
Alya and the Three Cats. Amina Hachimi Alaoui. Translated by Mehdi Retnani. Illustrated by Maya Fidawi. CrackBoom! Books, Montreal, 2020. Originally published in Arabic by Yanbu Al Kitab, in Casablanca, in 2016. ISBN 9782898022364. 32 p. (Ages 2-4). Picture book.
Qatar
The Light of Hope
Basmah El Khaṭīb
Ghenwa Yehia (Translator)
Bilal Bassal (Illustrator)
The Light of Hope. Basmah El Khaṭīb. Translated by Ghenwa Yehia. Illustrated by Bilal Bassal. Hamid Bin Khalifa University Press, 2018. Originally published as Kandil Alma in Arabic by Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press in Doha, in 2018. ISBN 9789927129681. [unpaged]. (Ages 4-9). Picture book.