Walid Taher

Walid Taher is an Egyptian author, designer of children's books, plastic artist, and journalist painter. He was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1969. More than 40 children books were published by Taher including: ‘The Black Spot’ which has won the Etisalat Award in its second edition. His book ‘Seven Souls’ was longlisted for Sheikh Zayed Award – Children and Young People's Literature Section in 2012. ‘The Island of Sailor Barakat’, additionally, was nominated for the Etisalat Award- Best Direction Section in 2019.