Who Is She

Noha Tabbara Hammoud
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Personal information

Writer
Noha Tabbara Hammoud

Contact information / Private

Hammoud and Nsuli bldg., Chili str., Verdun
Beirut
Lebanon
Phone: 
814354 1 961
815783 3 961

Contact information / Work

Education

Education: 
  • Diploma, Children Literature, 1985, workshop funded by the government of Kuwait, Nicosia - Cyprus.
  • Diploma (Associate of Arts), Advertising Design, 1975, Beirut University College (currently Lebanese American University), Lebanon.
  • Bachelor degree, Social Work, 1955, Beirut College for Women (currently Lebanese American University), Lebanon.

Areas of expertise

Expertise: 
  • Novels for Adults & Youth
  • Children Stories
  • Songs and Poems for Children
  • Puppet Theater Plays
  • Painting
Languages: 
  • Arabic
  • English
  • French

Work history

Jobs: 
  • Commissioned Writer (32 articles about international writers, artists, and musicians), 2001 - 2003, Al-Arabi Assaghir magazine (Kuwait).
  • Commissioned Writer (26 stories for the television program "Tuti Kuty"), 1995, Tele Liban.
  • Writer, Literary Consultant, and Critic, 1994 - 1996, Atfal magazine.
  • Writer of Stories and Articles, 1994 - 1996, Hazar magazine.

Honorary office and memberships

  • Member of the Union of Arab Writers, 1996 - present.
  • Member of the Union of Lebanese Writers, 1996 - present.
  • Active member of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), Lebanese branch (LBBY), 1985 - present.

Productions

Publications highlights: 
  • Tabbara Hammoud, N. (2004). Whispers by an Oriental Woman [Novel for adults]. Beirut: Dar wa Maktabat al-Maaref.
  • Tabbara Hammoud, N. (2001). The Third Face of Love [Novel for adults]. Beirut: Dar al-Farabi.
  • Tabbara Hammoud, N. (1996). Suhd and Zilal [Novel for adults]. Beirut: Dar al-Jadid.
  • Tabbara Hammoud, N. (1992). Spring Without Roses [collection of short stories for adults]. Beirut: Dar al-Turath al-Arabi.
Major achievements: 
  • Author of the Reading Hymn, 2010.
  • Author of puppet plays, such as:

           - Rooster of the Feast, presented at Gulbenkian Theater at the Lebanese American                               University, 1992.
           - The Phantom of the Forest, persented at different schools in Lebanon, 1993.

  • Author of many novels for teenagers (9 to 14 years) and children stories (5 to 7 years and 4 to 6 years).
  • Producing many paintings and displaying them in solo and group exhibits.

Awards and Distinctions

Distinctions: 
  • Listed on the IBBY Honour List for Excellence in Story Writing and speaker on behalf of 100 writers of children stories and artists listed on the honor's list, New Delhi IBBY conference, 1998.
Awards: 
  • Abdul Hamid Shuman Prize for Children Literature award for excellence in novel writing for youth and children, 2007.
  • Best Production Award by the Union of Publishers, Beirut International Book Fair, 2005.
  • Arab Child Story Prize, Abu Dhabi, 1999.
  • Best Creation Award by the Union of Publishers, Beirut Book Fair, 1999.