Awards & Honors
Awards & Honors of Year 2022
- Shortlisted for the Hans Christian Andersen Award
- Nomination, Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
- Writing grant By AFAC (Arab Fund for Arts and Culture) under the category Creative and Critical Writing, to achieve the writing project: "Writing is an Art: A guide guidebook for children and young adults book lovers"
- Gramsci award from the Prize Città di Osilo for the young adult book "Faten"
Awards & Honors of Year 2021
- Long listed by Cheikh Zayed Award for the YA novel “Mila’s Pear” (Dar Al-Saqi)
- Nomination, Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
- Nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award
Awards & Honors of Year 2020
- Nomination, Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Awards & Honors of Year 2019
- Nomination, Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Awards & Honors of Year 2017
- Etisalat Award for Young Adult Book of the year for “Cappuccino” (Dar Alsaqi)
Awards & Honors of Year 2016
- Horizon Award Bologna Ragazzi New for “Lisanak Hisanak” (Tongue Twisters). (Kalimat)
- Nomination, Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
- Long listed for the Sheikh Zayed Award for “The red maple leaf”
Awards & Honors of Year 2015
- One of the best 5 young adult books for 2015 by National TV Chanel in Norway, “Faten” (in Norwegian)
- Short listed for Etisalat Award for “Sumsum in mom’s tummy”
Awards & Honors of Year 2014
- Bologn Ragazzi Mention for “Do not open this book”
- Best Book Award at Cairo Book Fair for “Abgad Hawaz”
- Feminist Literature Reading List Amelia Bloomer for “The Servant”
- Short listed for Etisalat Award for “The man who made the cherry trees blossom”
Awards & Honors of Year 2013
- Best Book Award at Beirut Book Fair for “My brothers are special”
- Arab Thought Foundation Award ARABIC 21 for “Tamer’s special world”
- Arab Thought Foundation Award ARABIC 21, Honor listing for the books: “The little girl who wanted” and “Our neighbor Joujou”
- Long listed for the Sheikh Zayed Award for “Whose are the olives”
- Best Book Award at the Sharjah Book Fair for “My book got bored”
- Short listed for the Marsh Award for Translation, for the translation of “My own special way”
- Short listed for Etisalat Award for “Ghadi and Rawan”
Awards & Honors of Year 2012
- Arab Thought Foundation Award ARABIC 21 for “Grandpa’s Donkey”
- Arab Thought Foundation Award ARABIC 21, Honor listing for: “From..To”, “Who am I?”, “The shortest haircut”, and “Grandpa.”
- Short listed for Etisalat Award, 2012, for “A strong wind blew”
Awards & Honors of Year 2011
- Anna Lindh Regional ‘Reading Here, There, and Everywhere’ Award for “The book of Laughter and Crying”
- Nomination, Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Awards & Honors of Year 2010
- Best Book Award at Beirut Book Fair, for the young adult book “Faten”
- Honor list of Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation, for “Aunt Zayyoun and the Olive tree”
- Best Book Award of the IBBY Lebanon (International Book Board for the Young) and Beirut World Book Capital (Ministry of culture) for “My Skirt”
- Honor list, IBBY 2010 for best translation into Arabic “I am not sleepy and I will not go to bed (Lauren Child)
- Appreciation of the Jury of Assabil Ngo, Lebanon May 2010 for “Strange feeling”.
- Nominated for the Astrid Lindgren memorial award
Awards & Honors of Year 2009
- Honor list of Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for “There is war in my city”
Awards & Honors of Year 2007
- Best Book Award from the ‘National Committee of the Lebanese Child’ for “Mountain rooster”
Awards & Honors of Year 1996
- Graduating Quarter Scholarship, Ohio State University, Summer 1996
Awards & Honors of Year 1990
- Graduation with distinction, Lebanese American University
Awards & Honors of Year 1987-1990
- University scholarship for high performance, Lebanese American University,