Writer | Photographer | Educator | Bio
First Published: December 2008 Buy Paperback Now -
eBook Published: April 2010 Buy eBook Now -
A nonfiction book, about modern-
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Habiba Draws Dahab -
The first three books written by my Arabic-
Stories were written as language-
Printable books and eBooks (PDFs) are available for FREE download.
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A blog about Bedouin culture that I maintain and contribute to on a regular basis. My posts revolve around food, plants, desert safari adventures and traditional Bedouin cultural practices.
Wandering through Wadis: A nature-
A field guide to the plants growing in the mountain wadis and coastal plains of South
Sinai. Perfect for the nature-
eBook to be published in 2012.
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Following the same alphabetical and alliterative format as An ABC Escapade through
Egypt, this book focuses on the animals, geography, nature, and history of the Sinai
peninsula. An ABC Safari through Sinai also explores the traditional and modern-
Coming in print in 2013, inshallah.
After deciding to take a break from teaching to complete my first book, I moved to a new town and met a lot of new people who of course asked me, “What do you do?” Even after that first book was in print, I found it difficult to answer with, “I’m a writer.”
After all, writing is only a small part of what I love to do! I read, researched, took photographs, designed layouts, prepared docs for printing, published, and marketed my first book. I felt a better descriptor would have been “book creator”, but to keep things simple, I eventually became comfortable replying, “I write children’s books.”
But if I have to use a “writer” label, I prefer “writer-
My inspiration comes first from the children that I have worked with in Egypt as
well as from the natural and cultural wonders around us. But I don’t just write for
children. My goal in most of my writing projects is two-
Below are links to my various writing projects.
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