The Moroccan children's book "Ahki li ez-zellige" (Tell me about zellige) by Nadia Benmoussa has been included in the Anna Lindh Foundations top ten children's books.
The book takes the reader in an immersion in the art and history of the Zellig (traditional tiles) through the journey of a hero, Ali, and his master.
"Tell me about Zellige" sends young readers in a marvellous travel in Fez, Marrakech and back in Andalusia, to discover the splendour of this Moroccan architectural art.
Written initially in French (Raconte-moi le zellige), the book was recently translated into Arabic by Mohamed Belmlih, and appeared in Casablanca’s Yanboe Livres Publishing House.
The Anna Lindh list, which grants awards on the occasion of the ongoing Cairo International Book Fair, includes works from Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt, as well as Arabic versions of two Swedish books.
The list books are highly educational, and explore lofty themes as friendship, integrity, respect and competitiveness. Some books were awarded for fostering creativeness, encouragement and self-confidence in children, the Alexandria-based Foundation announced.
The selection of these books was made during the “Hundred and one books” fair, held part of the programme “children’s literature” of the foundation, an event that presented a hundred Arabic books for children in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria.
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