How Do You Turn a Ghoula into a Butterfly?

Amal Naser is a multi-talented writer who writes picture books, novels,
poetry, and plays. She is a professional trainer who presents workshops on creative writing to children and young adults. She started her career as a children's magazine chief editor. In 2011 she took over the production and editorial department in Dar al Banan and left her mark there.
In 2016 her book “The Tunnel” won first prize at Beirut Bookfair. In the same year, she won the Abdul Hamid Shoman award for best play scenario. In 2020 she established her own publishing house “Rummana” which will focus on young adult publications.

About the Illustrator

Ghazaleh Bigdelou was born in Tehran, Iran where she obtained a degree in painting at the art University of Tehran. She has been published more than 100 books. Some of her books entitled white ribbon, The joke, In the moonlight, Thousandth wedding, an umbrella with white butterflies, in the middle of the corridor... were selected for different biennials like Belgrade, Italy, South Korea, Sharjah, Germany, Croatia, Japan, Bratislava.