A Miracle In The Desert

by: Ya’qub El -Sharouni

On their journey in search for a drop of water, the people of the “Gara Oasis” are introduced to a world full of surprises, good and bad. Will their belief in their own-selves triumph in the end? Or will they be defeated and retreat to their alienated oasis?

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Ya’qub El -Sharouni

• He is a pioneer in children’s literature in Egypt and the Arab world • He was the former president for the National Council for Children’s Culture. • He won the “National Special Award” in 1960; presented by president Gamal Abd El Nasser. • He won the First Award in playwriting in 1962 • He won the First Award for Children’s Literature in 1981 for his story “The Secret behind the Amazing Disappearance” • He won the worldwide “Primary Award”, in Bologna’s International Children’s Book Fair. • He won the “Best Author” Award for his book “The Secret of the Queen of Queens”, on “Queen Hatshepsut” in 2007. • He won the "Interantional Board on Books for Young Readers " (iBbY) for his story " The Night Of Fire" , that also won Etisalat award for Children's Book (Short list), and the Egyptian Board for young people "eBbY". • The number of books he wrote and had published amount to more than 400 books, and many of them have been translated to English, French, German, Malaysian and Hungarian.

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