Fatima Al-Ameri
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Fatima Al-Ameri

Emirati writer and artist

* Enrollment: 2018

Workshop: Short story

Trainer: Eslam Abushkair

* Enrollment: 2019

Workshop: Children’s literature

Trainer: Badriya Al Shamsi / Wafa Mezghani

Outcomes: Diferentuta – Children’s story, 2019

Al Wajh (The Face) - a collection of short stories, 2018

Noqta Hamraa fi al-Thakera (A Red Point in Memory) - a collection of short stories co-authored with many writers, 2018

Biography:

Emirati writer and artist

Founder of the “Futaimworld” platform to facilitate the Arabic language and teach handicrafts www.futaimworld.com

Holder of Master of Arts and Arabic Language, Bachelor of Architecture and Interior Design

She has many other literary works:

  • Al Kalimat That al-Khutoot al-Sawdaa (Words with Black Threads) - children’s story, 2021
  • Aina Yath-hab al-Mawta? (Where Do the Dead Go?) - a collection of short stories, which secured second place in the Rashid bin Hamad Al Sharqi Creativity Award, 2020
  • Thakira lil Bay’ (Memory for Sale) - a short story, which ranked second in the Oxford University Press Prize, 2018
  • Serr al-Surra (The Secret of the Navel) - a story for young adults, which won the Zayed House Award for Islamic Culture and was translated into 5 languages, 2016