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Hessa Al Muhairi
Born
United Arab Emirates
NationalityEmirati
EducationMA in Management and Policy
AwardsWon the Sheikh Zayed Book Award of the Children's Literature category

Hessa Al Muhairi (Arabic: حصة المهيري) is an Emirati writer who was born in the United Arab Emirates. She published two books for children which are  "Whose Footprints Are These?" and "Dinoraf". In 2018, her book "The Dinoraf" won the Sheikh Zayed Book Award of the Category of Children's Literature.[1][2]

Education and career

Hessa Al Muhairi holds a bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education. In 2014, she attained a double masters in Education Management and Policy from Deakin University in Australia. Currently, she is pursuing her PhD in Education from a British University.[2] Al Muhairi has been working as a nursery teacher since she graduated in 2010.[3] Her first book "Dinoraf", which was published in 2017, won the  Sheikh Zayed Book Award for the category of Children's Literature in 2018. In 2019, The Sheikh Zayed book Award announced that Al Muhairi's book "The Dinoraf" will be translated into English, French and Italian after signing an agreement between an Emirati publisher Al Hudhud and an Italian publisher Marco y Marcos.[4][5][6]

Works

  • Whose Footprints Are These? (Original title: Atharu Aqdan Man Hathihi), 2010
  • Dinoraf (Original title: al-Dinoraf), 2017

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ "MEET THE DEBUT WRITERS YOU SHOULD READ NOW THE EMIRATES AIRLINE FESTIVAL OF LITERATURE TO INTRODUCE THE FRESH VOICES YOU WILL BE HEARING ABOUT FOR YEARS TO COME". Emirates Airline Festival of Literature. 25 February 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Hessa Al Muhairi". Sheikh Zayed Book Award. 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Hessa Al Mehairi حصة المهيري". Al Tibrah. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Sheikh Zayed Book Award to Translate The Dinoraf by Hessa Al Muhairi into Three Languages". Zawya. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  5. ^ Anderson, Porter (18 July 2019). "Translation Rights: Sheikh Zayed Book Award Signs Three-Language Al Muhairi Deal". Publishing Perspectives. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Sheikh Zayed Book Award launches first translations of winning titles". Emirates News Agency. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
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