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Anastasia Karawani

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  • Country of residence: Palestine
  • Gender: Female
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Anastasia Maher Karawani (?) is a Palestinian children's writer and illustrator. She studied English Language and Literature at the Arab American University, and then obtained a master's degree in Intercultural Communication and Literature. She resides in Jenin and studies literature and translation. She has published stories and illustrations that have won several awards, and she also writes for journalism.

 

her biography

Anastasia Maher Qarwani graduated from the Arab American University with a BA in English and Translation, then a MA in Literature and Intercultural Communication from the Language Center at the same university. She studies literature and translation, and works in the field of computer software, networking technologies, and websites.

Her literary and artistic career

She writes from early childhood. In her literature, she combines writing for children and designing drawings for her stories. She believes that one of the most important qualifications for a writer of children’s stories is “his ability to communicate with a child who differs in his mental level from adults in terms of maturity, and to understand his psychological and emotional abilities that differ from adults.” In 2012, her story “Basil and the Fairy of Clouds,” drawn and written by her, won the annual Palestinian Return Award. Illustrated for children's books professionally. In her stories, she tries to address the sensitive issues a child can deal with that would enable him to develop himself and discover his own self-identity.

Achievements and Awards

Its prizes

2012: The Return Award in the field of children's stories for its story, "Rayhan and the Feard of Clouds".

2018: Etisalat Prize for the Children's Book in the field of directing for her book "Kozi".

April 11, 2021: Her story, "The soap that defeated the king", won the project "The History of Palestinian Art through the Bowers of Daily Life", the Palestinian Museum Competition.

Her books

From her stories:

 

"Rayhan and Fayniyah of clouds", 2012 (Raddak 9789950339316)

«Cosi», 2018 (Raddak 9789957040970)

From her participation in drawing:

 

Raghad and Baysan, Rose Shomali Musleh, 2014

"On the roof of the house," Jacquar Khorshid, 2014 (Raddak 9789995870928)

"Flevol in the Ghoul House", Maya Abu al -Hayat, 2016 (Raddak 9789950851658)

“Al -Ghoula, Al -Anezia, Al -Husaini: Popular Tales from Palestinian Bedouin Children to the Children of the World”, prepared by Dennis Asaad

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