My Teacher Nasma

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 dreamt 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 hobby and realized a side of himself he had not known before.

About the illustrator

Rawan Sader is a self-taught illustrator based in Amman. Her love of art accompanied her since childhood. As she strived to add colors to her surroundings she liberally pursued training in traditional painting. later, inspired by her love for children, she digitally illustrated her first book and fell to the magic of children books. Ever since, she focuses on utilizing art for the education of the little ones and engages in different projects under the theme. Her diverse artwork ranges from creating illustrations for digital media such as children shows, animated songs, and films, to creating books. She worked with many publishing houses, painted murals and, lately, unique pairs of painted children shoes.