Basma Hosam Author & Illustrator

Medeia Sharif received her master’s degree in psychology from Florida Atlantic University. She is a public school teacher and the author of Remembering Mom’s Kubbat Halab. She lives in Miami, Florida. Visit medeiasharif.com and @medeiasharif on Instagram.

Basma Hosam graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo. She has illustrated over 30 books, including Al Anatekh Kingdom which received the Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature in 2022. She has worked with Oxford University for an Arabic language project and is also the author-illustrator of Something Searching for Himself. She lives in Cairo, Egypt.