Aunt Ghabara

Bassam Taji was born in 1967. He spent most of his childhood in Kuwait. In school he distinguished himself in art and loved to invent things. As a child, he dreamed of building and piloting a flying machine. He loved to make up stories to tell neighborhood children making them heroes of the stories he told. He studied and lived in Hungary but came back to settle in Jordan after 23 years. A few years back an old childhood neighbor called him and said, “In the stories you told us, I was always the deep-sea diver, explorer in your stories. I wanted you to know that thanks to your inspirational stories, I have now become a diver and have participated in discovering a Pharaonic city under the sea… Thank you.” Two years ago, Bassam started writing children stories as a hobby and realized a side of himself he had not known before.

About the illustrator

Mohamad Mouti is a self -taught illustrator and writer. He loves to travel and roam the world. He worked as a character animator for 5 years and then as a cartoonist and story board illustrator. When the opportunity arose he worked with a number of publishing houses illustrating books and comics and got many prestigious awards.