Maya Fidawi

Maya Fidawi (Arabic: مايا فداوي), a Lebanese illustrator for children's books since 2004, graduated from the faculty of Arts from American University of Beirut. Some of her work won several Arab awards.

Maya Fidawi
Born
Lebanon
EducationBA in Fine Arts
Alma materAmerican University of Beirut
Years active2004 - present

Education and career

Maya Fidawi studied Fine Arts at the American University of Beirut in 2000. She is fluent in several languages including Arabic, English, French, and Portuguese. Before starting her career as an illustrator of children's books, she worked in different areas including in Decorative drawings and miniatures, and advertising companies where she drew in walls of several homes and palaces in Lebanon, such as the Phoenicia Hotel and Planet Hollywood.[1][2]

Her career as children's books illustrator started when she participated in a children's painting calendar event with an advertising company. One of the presents in the event was an owner of a publishing house. Delighted by the drawing of Fidawi, the owner contracted with her to illustrator one of her book. Fidawi now has illustrated numerous books inside and outside the Arab world including Lebanon, UAE, Jordan, Morocco, Italy, Brazil, and New York.[3][4]

Fidawi held numerous illustration workshops for children and professional graphic illustrators in Istanbul, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Tangier, and Beirut. Her drawings have also received many awards such as the Etisalat Award for the best drawings under forty books in 2017, for her book “The Seven Day Lamb” which took place in Morocco.[1][5]

Awards

References
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  2. "Maktabatee Spotlight: Illustrator Maya Fidawi". Maktabatee. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  3. "Sharjah24 | 404". www.sharjah24.ae. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  4. "مايا فداوي". alnqsh.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  5. فرج, حوار: مريم جمعة. "مايا فداوي: "زايد للكتاب" ترتقي بأدب الطفل - الكتب - كاتب و كتاب - البيان". www.albayan.ae (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  6. "مايا فداوي – حكاية قمر للأطفال و اليافعين" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  7. "إعلان الفائزين بجائزة "كتابي" - فكر وفن - ثقافة - البيان". www.albayan.ae (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  8. "حاكم الشارقة يكرم الفائزين بجائزة "اتصالات لكتاب الطفل" بنسختها التاسعة". wam. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  9. "قط شقي جدا". alnqsh.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-01-11.
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