Illustrated Anthology – Published by Emirates Literature Foundation. Dubai, 2024.

“The Bread Girl” is one of the winning stories from the Voices of Future Generations competition for the Middle East, 2024. This story is part of The Young Voices of Arabia 5th Edition, an anthology featuring 21 stories written by children for children, professionally edited and translated, with illustrations by regional artists. The story follows a young girl who must work with her father in a bakery instead of attending school with the other children in her town. The illustrations are warm, simple, and nostalgic, with attention to contextual details that complement the narrative.

IIllustrating “The Bread Girl” was meaningful to me, as it resonated with my own youth experiences of helping my father in his bakery. Moreover, the commission came during the challenging times of the 2024 war in Lebanon, which added emotional depth to the creative process.

Written by Khadija Saeed Sulaiman Alhassani | Illustrated by Zarifi Haidar Marín.

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