Hooda Shawa Qaddumi facts for kids

Hooda Shawa Qaddumi is a talented writer with roots in Palestine, Kuwait, and the United Kingdom. She was born in the UK. She writes amazing books for kids and young adults. Her books have won many awards, like the famous Sheikh Zayed Book Award for Children's Literature in 2008, for her book The Birds’ Journey to Mount Qaf.

Hooda Shawa Qaddumi: Her Journey and Work

Hooda Shawa Qaddumi grew up in the United Kingdom. Today, she lives in Kuwait with her husband and their two children. She works as an English professor at Kuwait University.

Her Education

Ms. Qaddumi studied at the American University in Cairo. There, she earned a bachelor's degree in Economics and Political Science. Later, she received a master's degree in Education in Teaching English from The College of New Jersey in the US. She is also working on a second master's degree in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies at Kuwait University.

Award-Winning Books

In 2008, her book The Journey of Birds to Mount Qaf won the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for Children's Literature. This same book also won the Best Direction Book Award at the Beirut International Book Fair 50. The story was inspired by the poetic writing of Logic of the Bird. This older story was written by the Persian Sufi poet Farid al-Din al-Attar. He lived in Nishapur during the twelfth century AD.

Books by Hooda Shawa Qaddumi

Here are some of the books Hooda Shawa Qaddumi has written:

• A Birds’ Journey to Mount Qaf (2009)
• The Animal’s Vs the Humans at the Court of the King of the Jinn (2012)
• The Yellow Man
• The Secret Revealer (2013)
• The Elephant’s Journey (2015)
• Apollo on Gaza Beach (2017)