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قصتي مميزة
بلغت ريم الآن عمر الثماني سنوات، وقد حان الوقت كي تسمع
قصتها المميزة. حين تخبرها أمها أنها قد تبنتها حين كانت في
سن الثانية، تنتاب ريم مشاعر كثيرة. تتساءل عن الأب والأم
اللذين أنجباها، عن شكلهما ومكانهما. لكن حبها الكبير لأمها
التي ربتها وأحبتها كثيرًا يشعرها بالأمان وبالسعادة.
When Reem turns 8 her mother decides to tell her the special story she’s been keeping from her for years. Reem is excited but senses that her mother is anxious and is about to tell her something serious. My Special Story unfolds the topic of adoption delicately by accentuating the special bond between the adopted child and the adopter parent despite the nonbiological tie between them.
قصتها المميزة. حين تخبرها أمها أنها قد تبنتها حين كانت في
سن الثانية، تنتاب ريم مشاعر كثيرة. تتساءل عن الأب والأم
اللذين أنجباها، عن شكلهما ومكانهما. لكن حبها الكبير لأمها
التي ربتها وأحبتها كثيرًا يشعرها بالأمان وبالسعادة.
When Reem turns 8 her mother decides to tell her the special story she’s been keeping from her for years. Reem is excited but senses that her mother is anxious and is about to tell her something serious. My Special Story unfolds the topic of adoption delicately by accentuating the special bond between the adopted child and the adopter parent despite the nonbiological tie between them.
24 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
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About the author
Fatima Sharafeddine
197 books131 followersSee also فاطمة شرف الدين.
Fatima Sharafeddine was born in 1966 in Beirut, Lebanon, and spent the first six years of her childhood in Sierra Leon, in West Africa.
Three years after she returned with her family to live in her native country, the Lebanese civil war started. She spent the next 15 years of her life moving between cities, houses, and schools, always trying to refuge in the safest area.
In 1989, she received her B.A. in Early Childhood Education from the Lebanese American University. A year later, she got married and moved to the USA where she received a Master’s degree in Educational Theory and Practice (1993), with focus on Children’s Literature, and a Master’s degree in Modern Arabic Literature (1996), both from Ohio State University.
She moved to Houston, Texas in 1996, where she worked for two years as a lead teacher with children aged 3 to 6. At a later stage, she taught Arabic Language and Culture classes at Rice University (from 1998 to 2001).
In 2001, she moved with her husband and two children to Brussels, Belgium, and decided to become fully dedicated to writing for children. She currently works with three publishing houses, ASALA (Lebanon), KALIMAT (UAE), and MIJADE (Belgium). She mainly writes for children between 0 and 12 years old, but recently started writing for young adults. Over the last 6 years, she has written and published over 45 books, and translated several others from English and French into Arabic.
Moreover, several of her books have been translated to various Asian and European languages (details in the bibliography).
In March of 2007, she won the award of the best book of 2007 for her book “Mountain rooster” from the ‘National Committee of the Lebanese Child’, and in February 2009, her book “There is war in my city” was chosen to be on the honor list of Anna Lindh Foundation.
In 2010 she was nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, for her achievements in Children’s Literature in the Arab World.
Fatima is an active member of the Society for Children Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), Brussels branch, where she participates in several workshops a year, as well as organizes bimonthly critique group meetings. She also attends several book fairs during the year, mainly the Frankfurt book fair, the Bologna book fair, and the Beirut International Book fair. She participates in various reading activities in Lebanon, such as the Reading Week (in spring) and the Book Festival (in summer), where she gets a chance to go to remote villages in Lebanon and read to the children in schools and public libraries.
She has recently started to give workshops, in various Arab capitals, for writers who want to focus on children’s literature.
Fatima Sharafeddine was born in 1966 in Beirut, Lebanon, and spent the first six years of her childhood in Sierra Leon, in West Africa.
Three years after she returned with her family to live in her native country, the Lebanese civil war started. She spent the next 15 years of her life moving between cities, houses, and schools, always trying to refuge in the safest area.
In 1989, she received her B.A. in Early Childhood Education from the Lebanese American University. A year later, she got married and moved to the USA where she received a Master’s degree in Educational Theory and Practice (1993), with focus on Children’s Literature, and a Master’s degree in Modern Arabic Literature (1996), both from Ohio State University.
She moved to Houston, Texas in 1996, where she worked for two years as a lead teacher with children aged 3 to 6. At a later stage, she taught Arabic Language and Culture classes at Rice University (from 1998 to 2001).
In 2001, she moved with her husband and two children to Brussels, Belgium, and decided to become fully dedicated to writing for children. She currently works with three publishing houses, ASALA (Lebanon), KALIMAT (UAE), and MIJADE (Belgium). She mainly writes for children between 0 and 12 years old, but recently started writing for young adults. Over the last 6 years, she has written and published over 45 books, and translated several others from English and French into Arabic.
Moreover, several of her books have been translated to various Asian and European languages (details in the bibliography).
In March of 2007, she won the award of the best book of 2007 for her book “Mountain rooster” from the ‘National Committee of the Lebanese Child’, and in February 2009, her book “There is war in my city” was chosen to be on the honor list of Anna Lindh Foundation.
In 2010 she was nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, for her achievements in Children’s Literature in the Arab World.
Fatima is an active member of the Society for Children Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), Brussels branch, where she participates in several workshops a year, as well as organizes bimonthly critique group meetings. She also attends several book fairs during the year, mainly the Frankfurt book fair, the Bologna book fair, and the Beirut International Book fair. She participates in various reading activities in Lebanon, such as the Reading Week (in spring) and the Book Festival (in summer), where she gets a chance to go to remote villages in Lebanon and read to the children in schools and public libraries.
She has recently started to give workshops, in various Arab capitals, for writers who want to focus on children’s literature.
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August 3, 2021
لحد ذاكرتي، ليس ثمة إلا ثلاثة كتب أدمعت عينيّ في حياتي، وهذه هي أحدثها.. تتناول اللحظة التي تخبر أم بنتها فيها أنها قد تبنت البنت من دار أيتامٍ. إنها قصة قصيرة إلا أنها لا تتجنب تناول تعقيد الدمج من المشاعر التي تحسها الطفلة نتيجة لهذا الخبر، أي الحزن والحب والقلق والدفء في آن واحدة. من هذه الناحية ذكرتني بفيلم قلباً وقالباً (فيلم رائع أقترحه جداً، بالمناسبة). فهذا الكتاب مفيدة ليس للأيتام فحسب بل لكافة الصغار من أجل تطور قدرتهم على التعاطف والتواصل على أحاسيسهم
May 4, 2018
جميلة جدًا، عن التبنّي ، والحب والرعاية التي تنعم بها الفتاة المتبناه، مشاعر كثيرة اجتاحتني وأنا أقرأها. عدم مقدرة الأم على الإنجاب جعلها تقرر أن تتبنى ريم، تشرح الأم كيف كانت حياتها وبعد. القصة عظيمة.
August 24, 2018
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