Noura Al Khoori to read: فربوع
Noura is an environmentalist by education and a mother of four children. She couples writing for children with volunteer community work in the field of mother and child. Noura is passionate about incorporating aspects of the natural environment and the local culture into her writings. She holds school readings and workshops, as well as book fair activities extensively throughout the UAE.
Publications
- Fanteer the Fluffy Flamingo (Arabic – Kalimat, 2013)
- Golden Dates (Arabic & English – HudHud Publishing, 2013)
- Tender Hands (Arabic & English – Hudhud Publishing, 2015)
- The Little Jalabiyya Designer (Arabic – Fatima bint Hazza Foundation, 2016)
- Journey Across the Maqta (Arabic – Fatima bint Hazza Foundation, 2016)
- Is This Fish Salty? (Arabic – Fatima bin Hazzaa Foundation, 2017)
- Saluki Race (Arabic – Fatima bint Hazaa Foundation, 2017)
- Ramaad Um Al Naar (Arabic – Fatima bint Hazaa Foundation, 2018)
- Wonders of Water* (Arabic & English – Grome, 2017, print and digital)
*In process - Monster in the House (Arabic, Hudhud Publishing, 2019)
- Khreireefa Mjereefa, one of the 10 writers in this collection of Emirati folktales (Arabic, Sharjah Institute for Heritage, 2019)
Speaker at the following literary festivals
- Emirates Airline Festival of Literature (2016, 2017, 2018)
- International Literature Festival Berlin (2016)
- Hay Festival Abu Dhabi (2020)
Extras
- Content writer of animated videos and apps produced by local media entities throughout the UAE
- Judge in several children’s writing competitions and translations programs.
- Script writer in Iftah Ya Simsim season 1 (2015), the Arabian Gulf co-production of Sesame Street
- Volunteer in the 11 Million Words Translation Challenge, MADRASA, by Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Initiatives (2018)
- Writer of Arabic curriculum “Bil Arabi” project for Pearson’s Education (2018-2019)
- Coordinator of Esterahat Sayedat English Book Club in Abu Dhabi (under the Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation)